Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe Tory government's billions in Covid contracts were an "absolute total disaster", Dominic Cummings has declared. He branded the Department of Health a "smoking ruin" that couldn't be trusted to buy up prospective vaccines last year. Mr Cummings said Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance suggested setting up a separate task force to procure vaccines, which was overseen by biotech venture capitalist Kate Bingham, who is married to Tory MP Jesse Norman. Mr Cummings described the extraordinary cosy details of how he was installed at the heart of government, four months after his acrimonious walkout from a No10 civil war. The desire to radically change the civil service had previously been seen as Mr Cummings’ own project, rather than direct orders from the Prime Minister.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 11:05 UTC