Boris Johnson Oversaw ‘Toxic and Chaotic’ Downing Street, Covid Inquiry Finds

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his political advisor Dominic Cummings in 2019. 

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Boris Johnson and his top adviser presided over a "toxic and chaotic culture" in Downing Street that undermined efforts to deal with the pandemic, the Covid Inquiry has found.

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Mr Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and "oscillation" on key lockdown decisions.