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The Latest Breaking News from Dominic Cummings

Wednesday briefing: What Boris Johnson’s closest advisers had to say for themselves at the Covid inquiry

In today’s newsletter: Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain gave evidence at Dorland House on Tuesday – what did they reveal?

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – November 1

The inquiry into the Government’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis dominates headlines.

The Independent UK

Top civil servant referenced in ‘misogynistic’ messages to give inquiry evidence

Helen MacNamara, the former deputy cabinet secretary, is set to appear before the Covid-19 inquiry.

The Independent UK

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Johnson thought Hancock would be ‘sacrifice for the inquiry’ – Cummings

Boris Johnson may have wanted to keep Matt Hancock as Health Secretary as a ‘sacrifice’ for the Covid-19 inquiry, Dominic Cummings has claimed.

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry: Biggest revelations from Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain, Helen MacNamara and other key players

From Number 10's 'macho overconfidence' to half-term holidays - the key takeaways

Evening Standard

Genius among morons Dominic Cummings gives Halloween display of his ego

Former Boris Johnson kingmaker shares revelation with Covid inquiry that Johnson was unsuitable for public office

The Guardian - UK

Eight shocking revelations from Cummings and Cain at the Covid inquiry

From foul-mouthed rants about colleagues to ‘appalling neglect’ of vulnerable people, those close to Boris Johnson revealed workings of government at height of pandemic

The Guardian - UK

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‘Nastiness, arrogance and misogyny’ of No 10 exposed at Covid inquiry

WhatsApp messages also reveal Boris Johnson’s dismissive attitude to millions of old people at risk from the virus

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: Israeli airstrike on refugee camp, ports in a tax storm, Boris Johnson a ‘trolley’

DP World has paid no tax in Australia despite revenue of $4.5bn over eight years, Israel confirms an airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp

The Guardian - AU

What we have learned from the Covid inquiry so far this week

Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain were among the high-profile witnesses this week.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid crisis slammed by former top advisers

Ex-PM thought coronavirus was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, inquiry hears, as bereaved relatives attack ‘psychotic’ comments

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry: shocking failures under the spotlight

Editorial: Evidence from Dominic Cummings and other key figures points to a deadly combination of chaos and recklessness

The Guardian - UK

Dithering Boris Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, inquiry hears

Former chief adviser Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively

Evening Standard

Dominic Cummings confronted over 'misogynistic' texts at Covid inquiry

DOMINIC Cummings has denied being a misogynist after he was confronted over a text he sent about a female colleague saying he wanted to “handcuff…

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Dithering Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, inquiry hears

Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Boris Johnson was handicapped by Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain — we should pity him

I’m one of the last people on the planet who wants to revisit “partygate”, but one niggling detail of the fallout still bothers me.

Evening Standard

Who is Hugo Keith? Chambers lawyer leading covid inquiry

Superstar lawyer is man asking Dominic Cummings questions

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Cummings claims Johnson 'funnelled money' to friend's newspaper

DOMINIC Cummings has alleged Boris Johnson was “funnelling money” to a newspaper run by his friend.

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The Independent UK

Hancock ‘killed people’ and ‘lied’ in pandemic, Cummings told PM

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

The Independent UK

Cummings: Sedwill’s departure ‘set off bomb’ across Whitehall

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser told the Covid-19 Inquiry he ‘begged’ the then-prime minister not to effectively sack the top civil servant.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dominic Cummings denounces Boris Johnson (and everyone else)

"Gov't isn't actually that hard but this guy is really making it impossible."

The Independent UK

Johnson aides Cummings and Cain lay bare chaos and dysfunction of Covid response

Dominic Cummings said there was no shielding plan early in the pandemic and vulnerable groups were ‘appallingly neglected’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Nature’s way of dealing with old people’: the damning messages revealed to Covid inquiry

Crass and aggressive language laid bare in evidence of exchanges between Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Patrick Vallance

Evening Standard

Hiding on Holy Island and plotting a new party: is this Dominic Cummings' big comeback?

After months spent hiding away on a remote island, Boris Johnson's maverick former adviser is making a haunting Halloween reappearance at this week's Covid inquiry. Katie Strick asks what he's up to now

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Cummings reveals Tory Covid talks with Scotland were not about 'truths'

DOMINIC Cummings has described meetings with the Scottish Government and other devolved administrations during the pandemic as a…

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