Boris Johnson's top adviser complained that he was having to 'dodge stilettos' from UK's most senior female civil servant.
WhatsApp messages also reveal Boris Johnson's dismissive attitude to millions of old people at risk from the virus.
Chris Mason looks ahead to former top civil servant Helen McNamara's testimony at the Covid inquiry.
WhatsApp messages shared with the inquiry revealed Dominic Cummings said he would 'handcuff and escort' Helen MacNamara from Downing Street.
Helen MacNamara, the former deputy cabinet secretary, is set to appear before the Covid-19 inquiry.
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Ms MacNamara, who was the second most senior civil servant in the UK at the start of the pandemic, will give evidence a day after a horrific Dominic ...
Helen MacNamara has told the Covid Inquiry the Cabinet Office deleted her mobile phone records after she resigned from the Civil Service in 2021.
A senior civil servant who was subjected to a misogynistic rant by Dominic Cummings will get to voice her side of events as she appears as the main witness ...
Helen MacNamara, the former deputy cabinet secretary, will face questions about the Government's pandemic response on Wednesday from 10am. ADVERTISEMENT. Advertisement. WhatsApp messages shared with the inquiry on Tuesday revealed that Mr Cummings had ...
Ms MacNamara was most recently deputy Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Office between 2020 and 2021, but has since moved into the private sector to work for the ...
Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, ex-deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara painted a grim picture of the 'macho' culture in Downing Street early in ...
This was an extraordinarily pressured and difficult situation. And people were working outside of their structures, outside of their competence. They were ...
The former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara told the Covid inquiry that Downing Street officials were overconfident as the pandemic hit and were ...
Watch the latest from ITV News - Helen MacNamara is among a series of senior figures giving evidence at the inquiry. Yesterday, Dominic Cummings and Lee ...
Former deputy cabinet secretary also said government 'hadn't done any proper planning' just days before lockdown.
Former top official Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry women were sidelined in male-dominated No 10.