Former Downing Street Officials Appear Before UK Covid-19 Inquiry

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Former officials from Downing Street, including Lee Cain, are set to appear before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to examine the government's response to the pandemic.

Martin Reynolds, former principal private secretary to Boris Johnson, gave evidence on Monday at the Covid inquiry The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was established to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the pandemic and to learn lessons for the future.

will be first to appear before the chair of the inquiry Baroness Hallett, a former Court of Appeal judge, at 10am today. The former journalist was a close ally of Mr Cummings. His decision to stand down from his No 10 position in November 2020 came shortly before Mr Cummings’s departure from Downing Street.‘s, who has been scheduled to appear before the inquiry during the morning and into the afternoon., Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates said he thought there would be “a lot of score-settling” from Mr Cummings and Mr Cain this week.

“A lot of attacks on Boris Johnson, attacks on Matt Hancock, attacks on bits of the Civil Service, the Cabinet Office, that weren’t working”, he added. Later this week, there will be evidence from Helen MacNamara , Dr David Halpern , Baron Stevens of Birmingham and Dr Yvonne Doyle .It will be broadcast live and can be streamed from the Covid inquiry website

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