Article 530PC Government names dozens of scientists who sit on Sage group

Government names dozens of scientists who sit on Sage group

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Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
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List of more than 50 names published, but Dominic Cummings is not among them

Downing Street has published the names of the more than 50 scientists who sit on its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies to discuss coronavirus, after criticism of the secrecy surrounding the group and the Guardian's revelation that the No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings had attended meetings of the group.

The list of names was made available on the government's website, showing that around half of the experts come from universities and another half are made up of government chief scientific advisers, public health officials or NHS senior staff.

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