UK Covid inquiry reaches week of potentially damning testimony

Dominic Cummings will testify, plus senior aides and civil servants known to the public because of illicit parties

After four months of hearings, the official Covid inquiry reaches a week of hugely significant and potentially damning testimony, evidence that could shine a deeply unforgiving light on the inner workings of Boris Johnson's government.

Among the witnesses are Dominic Cummings, Johnson's former chief adviser, and Lee Cain, his ex-communications chief, plus a string of other senior aides and top civil servants of the time - several of whom first became known to the public because of illicit Covid parties.