Women’s voices barely heard in Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry told

Inquiry hears of macho and egotistical' climate in which women spoke for as little as 10 minutes in five hours of key meetings

Boris Johnson's Downing Street was so macho and egotistical" that women's voices were heard for as little as 10 minutes in five hours of meetings during a key week of coronavirus policy, the Covid inquiry has heard.

Three weeks into the first lockdown, the most senior female civil servant in No 10 emailed a group of other women to say she believed the lack of women's voices in decision making is causing a substantive problem".