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Boris Johnson drafts in former Treasury aide Dan Rosenfield who worked for George Osborne as new No10 chief of staff after Dominic Cummings ousting Boris Johnson has appointed Dan Rosenfield as his new Downing St chief of staff The move comes after power struggle that saw Dominic Cummings ousted Mr Rosenfield worked in the Treasury … Read more
Farewell (and good riddance) to government by The Quad: Boris Johnson is downgrading ‘gang of four’ – himself, Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock – to include more colleagues in decision-making ‘Gang of four’ are PM, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove Boris Johnson wants to include … Read more
Sometimes it’s hard not to feel sorry for Boris Johnson. The gods really do seem to have it in for him. No sooner does he sack two infamous male bullies – advisers Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain – than along comes an official report declaring that Home Secretary Priti Patel is also a bully. Most … Read more
A Tory Minister today refused to apologise after a devastating report laid bare the cronyism and ineptitude that has characterised the Government’s £18billion rush to source PPE and other equipment during the coronavirus crisis. Business Secretary Alok Sharma has denied allegations of wasting taxpayers’ money, claiming the scramble to buy lifesaving clothing for the NHS came at a … Read more
A devastating report today lifts the lid on the cronyism and ineptitude that has characterised the Government’s £18billion rush to source PPE and other equipment during the coronavirus crisis. Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings were both drawn into the debacle after the spending watchdog said officials failed to consider potential conflicts of interests involving companies … Read more
Exposed: Dominic Cummings’s links with two of the four companies detailed in damning PPE report National Audit Office said officials signed contracts for thousands of facemasks But masks turned out to be unusable – wasting hundreds of millions of pounds NAO looked at 8,600 contracts awarded by Government from January to July Cummings has links … Read more
Comic-book baddie Dominic Cummings gets a bashing from the Beano as children’s magazine releases first pullout section for adults The Beano lampoons PM’s former special adviser’s round trip to County Durham First pull-out section specially for grown-ups in the 82-year history in kids’ comic Mr Cummings is depicted bemoaning the late arrival of Santa in … Read more
Guppy eyes staring blankly, he refused to take the bait: HENRY DEEDES sees a well-rehearsed former Sir Humphrey wear MPs down By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 17 November 2020 Science fiction films often feature impregnable force fields. Sometimes I wonder if there’s one … Read more
The Cummings clearout: No10 ‘will hand back control of special advisers to ministers’ as maverick aide’s legacy is dramatically torched Special advisers had to report directly to Dominic Cummings under old regime But new regime led by acting chief of staff Edward Lister is tearing up old rules Means special advisers will once again report … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg lashes out at ‘cowardly and disgraceful’ briefings against Carrie Symonds as he denies she is ‘manipulating’ the PM Carrie Symonds has been at the heart of an extraordinary No10 briefing war Jacob Rees-Mogg slammed ‘cowardly’ attacks saying criticism should be of PM Vicious power struggle culminated in Dominic Cummings’ departure last week By … Read more