Coronavirus news – live: 21 June lockdown easing…

Test-and trace system delayed because of Hancock’s ‘stupid’ 100,000 tests a day plan, says CummingsA leading professor has warned that England’s next stage of the roadmap out of lockdown, set for 21 June, very much…

Symonds ‘went crackers’ over dog story amid Covid…

Amid chaos in Downing Street ahead of England’s first coronavirus lockdown, Boris Johnson’s fiancée was “going completely crackers” about press coverage of their dog, Dominic Cummings has claimed.On 12 March 2020, as officials scrambled to…

Thousands of people could run the country better…

There are thousands of people who could run the country better that “completely out of depth” Boris Jonson, Dominic Cummings has said.The prime minister's former chief of staff told MPs that there were "profound" problems…

Cummings said lack of government plan and lockdown…

Dominic Cummings says he pushed for lockdown 11 days before it was introduced by Boris Johnson, warning of “100,000 to 500,000 deaths” if he resisted.But the ousted chief adviser said No 10 and scientific advisers…

Dominic Cummings says Matt Hancock should have been…

Matt Hancock should have been fired for at least “15-20 things” including “lying” to officials, Dominic Cummings has insisted.Answering MPs’ questions at a joint inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, the former No 10…