Ministers desperately tried to shore up Boris Johnson today as opposition MPs branded him a ‘serial liar’ over the £88,000 Downing Street flat refurb and ‘bodies piling up’ comment. Mr Johnson is facing a gruelling PMQs appearance with Sir Keir Starmer set to turn up the heat after a slew of revelations and a briefing … Read more
Downing Street insiders fear Dominic Cummings could publish WhatsApp messages that are at the hear of the government’s who-said-what row over lockdown. Former chief adviser Cummings is locked in an explosive war of words with Boris Johnson after Downing Street accused him of a string of leaks – including claims about the PM’s £58,000 flat … Read more
The Cabinet Secretary today admitted an inquiry into the ‘chatty rat’ lockdown probably will not find a culprit as he gave evidence to MPs. Giving evidence to a powerful committee, Simon Case said the probe into who revealed plans for renewed restrictions last week was ‘complex’. But Mr Case did not back up Dominic Cummings’s … Read more
Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary face a grilling today over claims Boris Johnson tried to get Tory donors to fund a £60,000 Downing Street flat renovation. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case will appear before MPs following a string of explosive allegations made by Dominic Cummings. Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove is also set to answer an … Read more
Ministers scrambled to shore up Boris Johnson amid his spiralling war with Dominic Cummings today – condemning ‘comedy’ claims the PM said he would rather see ‘bodies piling up’ than lock down again. No10 has furiously denied allegations that Mr Johnson made the remark in a fit of pique after agreeing the second round of … Read more
Dominic Cummings ‘has audio recordings of key government conversations’ and ‘can back up a lot of his claims’, ally of the former chief adviser says Dominic Cummings kept audio recordings of key conversations, an ally claims Former chief adviser is locked in an explosive war of words with Boris Johnson Whitehall source said officials did … Read more
As No10 officials and senior ministers joined Boris Johnson in the Cabinet Room the mood was bleak. For weeks the Prime Minister had been rejecting calls to impose a second lockdown, not just from Cabinet colleagues but also from the scientists. But, with the number of Covid infections and deaths on an obstinately upward curve, … Read more
The Prime Minister has a problem with his personal finances. That is the easiest explanation for why Boris Johnson attempted to get Conservative Party donors to help pay for an expensive refurbishment of the Downing Street flat in which he, his fiancée Carrie Symonds and their baby son Wilfred live. It would have been an … Read more
Dominic Cummings is still considered a suspect in the hunt for the government’s ‘chatty rat’ leaker, sources have claimed. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case will be grilled by MPs this afternoon about a string of explosive allegations made by Mr Cummings. The PM’s former-svengali denied being the ‘chatty rat’ and on Friday accused Henry Newman, a … Read more
How Dominic Cummings was fingered by MI5 over ‘Chatty Rat’ leak: Probe by security services into WhatsApp messages sent after key top-level meeting ‘show ex-aide was responsible’ claim opponents By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:22 BST, 25 April 2021 | Updated: 12:35 BST, 25 April 2021 Dominic Cummings was fingered as the … Read more