Five most explosive claims in the Dominic Cummings showdown

Former No. 10 aide pulls no punches in public grilling

Dominic Cummings gives evidence to MPs
Dominic Cummings gives evidence to MPs

The scenes in Downing Street in the early stages of the pandemic last year were “like a kind of out-of-control movie”, Dominic Cummings has said during a marathon evidence session to MPs today.

Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man kicked off his appearance by apologising to the families of those who died and said he deeply regretted that he didn’t “hit the emergency panic button earlier than I did” as the government delayed the first lockdown in March last year.

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