Covid inquiry hears more testimony about Johnson’s ‘brutal and useless’ No 10
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6G7EP)
Former civil service chief also says he did not trusted Matt Hancock, the over-promising' health secretary
Mark Sedwill, the UK's most senior civil servant at the start of Covid, viewed Boris Johnson's government as brutal and useless" and did not trust Matt Hancock, then health secretary, to be truthful, the inquiry into the pandemic has been told.
In testimony that shines yet more unforgiving light on Johnson's Downing Street, Sedwill agreed that the PM had veered wildly in his opinions and seemed unable to manage a team, saying it was his job as cabinet secretary to help force a decision".
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