Dominic Cummings poisoned the atmosphere of Boris Johnson's Downing Street during the Covid crisis, the official inquiry into the pandemic has found, saying he helped create a toxic and macho culture with the full connivance of the then prime minister. Johnson's chief aide strayed far from the proper role of a special adviser, the report found, making key decisions in 10 Downing Street which were for the prime minister to make.
The UK's response to Covid was too little, too late, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives. The document also has stinging criticism of a toxic and chaotic culture inside Boris Johnson's Downing Street which it said the then prime minister actively embraced in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.