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Minutes of a Cabinet meeting show the PM insisted it would be wrong to 'overreact' after the first patients in UK tested positive for coronavirus, before he took 10-day holiday

In an often foul-mouthed and frequently chilling three days, Downing Street insiders shared memories and WhatsApp messages that demonstrated the scale of the turmoil in Boris Johnson's government

What Hamas did on October 7, butchering 1,400 Israelis and seizing more than 200 hostages, was a war crime. So too is taking the lives of many more Palestinians

Helen MacNamara, who was Britain’s most senior female civil servant, said Boris Johnson let the country down by not tackling the 'toxic' culture in Downing Street

The Covid Inquiry has shined light on the chaos in No10 in the lead up to the first lockdown, with Boris Johnson suggesting Covid is "nature’s way of dealing with old people"

The then-PM questioned Government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he watched a YouTube clip that suggested this

The actor and singer, whose mum Gloria passed away in lockdown, said she was 'deeply shocked and offended' by Boris Johnson's attitude towards older people during Covid

In a scathing series of WhatsApp messages Mr Cummings said the former PM was "melting down" in the buildup to the first lockdown and branded officials "terrifyingly s***"

Evidence from Boris Johnson's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings and his ex-communications chief Lee Cain revealed the terrifying chaos at the heart of No10 during the pandemic

Boris Johnson claimed coronavirus was 'nature's way of dealing with old people' as he refused to introduce lockdown restrictions that could have saved lives during the pandemic

As the Covid Inquiry has been revealing, the Government's handling of it was even more shambolic and useless that we'd thought

Families mourning lost elderly relatives will be outraged that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson saw the virus as 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'

In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS

The broadcasters were left in a flap as expletive heavy messages were read unfiltered during the Covid inquiry - but some viewers argued 'the swearing isn't the offensive part of this'

Government scientists told Rishi Sunak when he was Chancellor that he should provide money to make it financially viable for those on low incomes to quarantine at home

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case warned that Boris Johnson 'cannot lead' and made it 'impossible' to govern in shock WhatsApp messages revealed at the Covid Inquiry

Diary notes written by Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggest the PM wanted to divert attention after it was reported Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case accused Boris Johnson of making the Government look like a 'tragic joke' as he warned colleagues exasperated by the chaos: "IT HAS TO STOP!"

Martin Reynolds, who was Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary, changed the settings of a WhatsApp group he was in with PM just before the Covid Inquiry was announced

Helen MacNamara, who was Deputy Cabinet Secretary, will tell the Covid Inquiry this week Boris Johnson 'never warmed' to emergency Cobra meetings when he was Prime Minister

Body coach Joe Wicks said he met with the former Prime Minister but turned him down because he didn't think Boris Johnson was sincere about the public health project

DWP Minister Tom Pursglove went canvassing with Peter Bone in Northamptonshire after the veteran MP was given a six week suspension from Parliament over claims he bullied an aide

Boris Johnson's former adviser Dominic Cummings has been summoned to give evidence at the Covid Inquiry, where he is expected to be grilled on everything from Partygate to lockdowns

From Partygate to a bad Brexit deal and lie after lie after lie, the ex-Prime Minister proves himself just like Donald Trump, incapable of telling the truth

Ex-Tory Chancellor George Osborne said the exchanges - which are due to be made public next week as part of the Covid inquiry - could further tarnish the Government’s reputation