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Former Downing Street communications director Lee Cain was appearing at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry ahead of his old ally, Dominic Cummings.

Covid Inquiry has been hearing of the chaos in Government during the Covid pandemic

The former chief scientist also said he and Professor Sir Chris Whitty felt ‘strong armed’ into appearing at a press conference, but they ‘got out’.

There was a 10-day period in February in which no notes on coronavirus were sent to Boris Johnson and no emergency Cobra meetings held.

Comes as former principal private secretary confirms report found ‘significant degree of misogyny’ in government

Police and national security officials will attend the meeting in Downing Street, sources said.

The former prime minister’s top aides will be grilled over decision-making in Downing Street during the pandemic

Bollywood could not have dreamt up a better opening, a practising Hindu of Indian heritage stepping into No 10 during Diwali. Rishi Sunak may have always believed he was destined to be Prime Minister, but the timing was extraordinary as he lit clay candles in Downing Street to kick off the…

Watch as thousands of Palestinian supporters are expected to gather in London and converge on Downing Street on Saturday 21 October as diplomatic efforts intensify to allow access for humanitarian aid to Gaza and secure the release of hostages.

Have you been following the Covid inquiry? Away from the front pages, which have mostly been occupied by other stories, revelation after appalling revelation has been spilling out, confirming our very worst fears about what went on in Downing Street as the Covid pandemic hit.

Protesters gathered in Westminster holding signs that read ‘stop the massacre’