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INSANE: 10 - The Real Truth

Cabinet Secretary says he did not tell Johnson all Covid guidance was followed

The former prime minister has insisted it was not ‘reckless’ to rely on the advice of his senior officials.

The Independent UK

No10 WhatsApps show panicking Partygate response - and warnings Boris Johnson ignored

The slippery former Prime Minister is arguing that he didn't mislead Parliament intentionally when he denied rules had broken at lockdown bashes because he had received assurances from aides

Daily Mirror

Simon Case denies telling Boris Johnson Covid rules were always followed

Top civil servant also says he is unaware of anyone else in Downing Street giving Johnson such assurance over Partygate

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson was warned against claiming all Covid guidance followed new Partygate evidence reveals

Former PM ‘allowed party culture to continue’, it has also emerged in bombshell evidence ahead of TV grilling

The Independent UK

Timeline of lockdown gatherings and what Boris Johnson told MPs

Further allegations about Boris Johnson’s time in office continue to emerge

The Independent UK

The week that could decide Boris Johnson’s fate as an MP

Former prime minister is accused of misleading MPs over Partygate scandal

The Independent UK

The week that could decide Boris Johnson’s fate as an MP

Former prime minister is accused of misleading MPs over Partygate scandal

The Independent UK

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Priti Patel ‘threatened to sue Suella Braverman’ over asylum overcrowding claims

Ex-home secretary said to have been angry at being blamed for problems at Kent facility

The Independent UK

Tory chair apologises for ‘blob of civil servants’ email in Braverman’s name

Greg Hands says sorry through cabinet secretary for message blaming civil service for failure to stop Channel crossings

The Guardian - UK

Tory chairman apologises for ‘activist blob’ attack on civil servants

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said Greg Hands has changed procedures at Tory HQ following the communication about unlawful migration.

The Independent UK

Tory chairman apologises for Braverman email attacking civil service ‘blob’

Greg Hands sorry for ‘error’ which saw government staff lumped in with Labour and ‘left-wing lawyers’

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock’s leaked messages being ‘used to rewrite history’, say civil servants

Some advisers and civil servants speaking to the Guardian say an ‘anti-lockdown filter’ has been placed on events

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Secretary warned Johnson of the ‘terrible’ effects of lockdown

The latest set of messages leaked to the Telegraph showed Simon Case raising concerns about ‘non-Covid health’ two days before a new shutdown.

The Independent UK

Simon Case: how the ‘killjoy’ cabinet secretary threw his ex-boss Boris Johnson under the bus

The UK’s most senior civil servant, 44, has denied that anyone gave Johnson reassurances that the Covid rules were followed during Partygate — so what does this mean for his career? Katie Strick reports

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The Guardian - UK

The lesson from Matt Hancock’s WhatsApps is this: these clowns can’t govern, their only skill is covering tracks

Rightwing editorial agendas shaped the narrative of the Lockdown Files, but what they really showed was bunglers bungling in secret, writes the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Independent UK

Cabinet secretary Simon Case ‘considers quitting’ as more embarrassing WhatsApps expected

‘He’ll have to go’: Some of top No 10 official’s Covid-era messages said to be ‘extraordinary’

The Independent UK

PM gives Cabinet Secretary his backing after Covid WhatsApp messages revealed

Simon Case is reportedly considering whether to resign before the next election following the publication of his interactions with Matt Hancock.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer would drop cabinet secretary Simon Case – Labour sources

Labour leader seen as likely to appoint new head of civil service on becoming PM after Partygate and leaked WhatsApps

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UK’s top civil servant Simon Case ‘could quit over WhatsApp leak’

Downing Street has stood by Mr case amid calls for his sacking, with the Prime Minister’s spokesman saying Mr Sunak retained confidence in him

The Guardian - UK

Simon Case’s WhatsApps with Hancock unprofessional, say ex-civil servants

Whitehall chief called travellers being confined to Covid hotels ‘hilarious’, according to leak of chats with former health secretary

The Independent UK

Leaked WhatsApps reveal government struggle over Covid ‘sex ban’ advice

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown, according to leaked messages

Evening Standard

Sir Chris Whitty called for ‘realism’ around Covid sex ban, leaked Whatsapps show

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown

The Independent UK

Matthew Hancock’s half-hour in the travel limelight is over

The former Health Secretary has been disinvited from a top travel conference after WhatsApp leaks

The Independent UK

Whitty called for ‘realism’ around Covid advice which kept couples apart

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown, according to leaked messages.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten the pants off’ public about Covid strain, leaked messages show

Latest messages show ex-health secretary was worried Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme was contributing to the spread of Covid

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