Boris Johnson Oversaw ‘Toxic and Chaotic’ Downing Street, Covid Inquiry Finds
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his political advisor Dominic Cummings in 2019.
Photographer: Peter Summers/Getty ImagesBoris 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.