Articles tagged with: Dominic Cummings
Cummings broke anti-corruption rules, Cabinet Office finally confirms
08 Sep 2022 HR
Cummings broke anti-corruption rules, Cabinet Office finally confirms
After 14 months, Cabinet Office finally admits former top aide to Boris Johnson broke lobbying rules
Former government ethics chief 'fined' over Cabinet Office lockdown karaoke party
04 Apr 2022 Coronavirus
Former government ethics chief 'fined' over Cabinet Office lockdown karaoke party
Helen MacNamara was responsible for ensuring the highest standards within government at the time
BEIS seeks chief for research agency championed by Cummings
02 Jun 2021 Science & Engineering
BEIS seeks chief for research agency championed by Cummings
Head of Aria will ‘build and design an organisation that is truly unique and unprecedented in the UK’, application pack says
‘Like a scene from Independence Day’: Dominic Cummings' timeline of the ‘crucial week’ in the government’s coronavirus response
27 May 2021 Coronavirus
‘Like a scene from Independence Day’: Dominic Cummings' timeline of the ‘crucial week’ in the government’s coronavirus response
Dominic Cummings has given a blow-by-blow account of the Downing Street operation in the “crucial week” of Covid-19 decision making pre-lockdown
Cummings: ‘I brought Simon Case back into government because PM wasn’t listening to me’
27 May 2021 Coronavirus
Cummings: ‘I brought Simon Case back into government because PM wasn’t listening to me’
Former No.10 top adviser calls for civil service recruitment changes, including opening up more senior roles to external candidates
Cummings: Matt Hancock should have been sacked for lying amid pandemic
26 May 2021 Coronavirus
Cummings: Matt Hancock should have been sacked for lying amid pandemic
Former spad blasts health secretary and says DHSC procurement system was "completely hopeless"
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
26 Apr 2021 Communications
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
Ex-spad denies leaking text messages between Johnson and James Dyson amid lobbying row
Dominic Cummings rails against Treasury for ‘horrific’ impact on science funding
19 Mar 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Dominic Cummings rails against Treasury for ‘horrific’ impact on science funding
Advanced Research and Invention Agency needs “extreme freedom” from civil service bureaucracy, procurement rules, business cases and pay scales says PM’s former chief spad
Cummings says reform of 'disaster zone' civil service was a condition for entering No.10
18 Mar 2021 Civil Service Reform
Cummings says reform of 'disaster zone' civil service was a condition for entering No.10
PM's former top aide tells MPs Department of Health had to be bypassed for coronavirus Vaccine Taskforce
Call to end emergency Covid procurement rules after Cummings revelations
17 Feb 2021 Commercial
Call to end emergency Covid procurement rules after Cummings revelations
Labour demands answers after former No.10 adviser admits he "expected" appointment of friends’ firm
Dominic Cummings ‘expected’ friends’ firm to get Cabinet Office contract
16 Feb 2021 Commercial
Dominic Cummings ‘expected’ friends’ firm to get Cabinet Office contract
High Court hears latest challenge to government’s emergency procurement moves
PM overruled civil service chief on settlement for spad sacked by Cummings
16 Dec 2020 HR
PM overruled civil service chief on settlement for spad sacked by Cummings
Ministerial direction letters reveal Manzoni advised Boris Johnson to negotiate with Sonia Khan
Cabinet Office ‘scales back’ Crown Consultancy vision post-Cummings
10 Dec 2020 Commercial
Cabinet Office ‘scales back’ Crown Consultancy vision post-Cummings
Service now expected to focus on giving advice about consultancy spending, following departure of PM’s chief adviser
Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain leave Downing Street after No.10 power struggle
15 Nov 2020 Communications
Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain leave Downing Street after No.10 power struggle
Special advisers had been key parts of prime minister Boris Johnson’s inner circle
Dominic Cummings to leave government by Christmas
13 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform
Dominic Cummings to leave government by Christmas
High-profile adviser who had vision for civil service reform insists departure not linked to No.10 infighting
PM’s comms chief praises 'unsung' civil servants as he quits amid No.10 infighting
12 Nov 2020 Communications
PM’s comms chief praises "unsung" civil servants as he quits amid No.10 infighting
Shock resignation comes amid reports Dominic Cummings also threatened to resign
Cummings lockdown trip 'undermined' government's Covid messages, Sedwill says
21 Oct 2020 Communications
Cummings lockdown trip 'undermined' government's Covid messages, Sedwill says
Sedwill says spad's trip to Durham was a "mistake"
Opinion: Dominic Cummings is keen to make the UK a technology superpower. He should change procurement rules to make it happen
13 Oct 2020 Commercial
Opinion: Dominic Cummings is keen to make the UK a technology superpower. He should change procurement rules to make it happen
Innovation is stifled by public sector procurement rules. Brexit, and the Integrated Review, offer a chance to change that, says Simon Harwood, the head of defence and security at Cranfield University
MPs demand Dominic Cummings explain 'unclear' role in defence review
18 Aug 2020 Security & Defence
MPs demand Dominic Cummings explain 'unclear' role in defence review
Defence Committee chair Tobias Ellwood says Boris Johnson’s chief spad has twice been called to give evidence
Where Dominic Cummings is right, and more: seven things we learned in Mark Sedwill’s CSW exit interview
10 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Where Dominic Cummings is right, and more: seven things we learned in Mark Sedwill’s CSW exit interview
Sir Mark Sedwill will soon leave the civil service’s top jobs – cabinet secretary, head of the civil service and national security adviser. He has reflected on his time at the top of government with CSW, and here is some of what we found out
In the line of fire: Departing cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill on civil service reform, the Covid response, and being briefed against Exclusive
10 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
In the line of fire: Departing cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill on civil service reform, the Covid response, and being briefed against
As Sir Mark Sedwill prepares to leave a job he never asked for, he reflects on the highs and lows of being cabinet secretary
Michael Gove on No.10 adviser Dominic Cummings: blunt, original and not always right
06 Jul 2020 Civil Service Reform
Michael Gove on No.10 adviser Dominic Cummings: blunt, original and not always right
Cabinet Office minister also reveals some top officials provided feedback to landmark reform speech
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
01 Jul 2020 Brexit
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
PM’s top aids sets out recommended reading for spads, including a book that concludes “only the paranoid survive”
Sedwill green lit No.10 Cummings press conference on lockdown breach allegations
29 May 2020 Coronavirus
Sedwill green lit No.10 Cummings press conference on lockdown breach allegations

Sedwill says unprecedented media briefing was "appropriate" as it concerned spad's conduct in offical role