Boris Johnson ‘acted illegally’ over jobs for top anti-Covid staff
by Toby Helm and Michael Savage from on (#5APKR)
Legal action targets appointments of Dido Harding, Kate Bingham and Mike Coupe
Boris Johnson and his health secretary, Matt Hancock, acted unlawfully" when appointing three key figures - including the head of NHS Test and Trace, Dido Harding - to posts in the fight against Covid-19, according to a legal challenge submitted by campaigners to the high court.
The Observer has seen details of documents from those pursuing the case - and initial responses from government lawyers - relating to the call for a judicial review into the appointment of Baroness Harding, who is a Tory peer, and into those of Kate Bingham to the post of head of the UK's vaccine taskforce and Mike Coupe to the role of director of testing at NHS Test and Trace.
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