Articles tagged with: Dominic Cummings
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”
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
25 Jun 2020 HR
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
Letter to PACAC comes as PM’s senior adviser hints at “hard rain coming” for civil service
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
PM: Cab sec inquiry into Cummings lockdown journeys ‘would not be a good use of officials’ time’
28 May 2020 HR
PM: Cab sec inquiry into Cummings lockdown journeys ‘would not be a good use of officials’ time’

PM tells committee of senior MPs it is time to move on from row over adviser's possible lockdown breaches
Minister says No.10 must improve vetting processes after adviser Andrew Sabisky quits
18 Feb 2020 Government Tax Profession
Minister says No.10 must improve vetting processes after adviser Andrew Sabisky quits

Kwarteng said vetting processes should be "much more severe" following Sabisky scandal
Dominic Cummings’ salary revealed as spending on special advisers rises
23 Dec 2019 HR
Dominic Cummings’ salary revealed as spending on special advisers rises

Number of SpAds passes 100 under Boris Johnson
06 Feb 2013 Communications
Spads in Twitter smear charge