The former prime minister reportedly asked why the economy was being destroyed 'for people who will die anyway soon' in the days before going into lockdown.
Boris Johnson reportedly asked why the economy was being destroyed “for people who will die anyway soon” in the days before the country went into lockdown.
Mr Shafi said: “I think that was a term that was also widely used in DHSC and the NHS of people who didn’t need to be in hospital.” In the message, read at the hearing, Mr Case said: “I am at the end of my tether. He changes strategic direction every day the UK is pathetic, needs a cold shower etc).
Top news stories today Mr Case, who was made Cabinet Secretary in September 2020 having been permanent secretary in Number 10, had been expected to give evidence to the Covid inquiry in the coming weeks. Mr Reynolds, who initially said he could not recall whether there was any “urgent business” during that period, was told by Mr Keith it was half-term. The senior civil servant faced repeated questions about whether Downing Street and the Cabinet Office were slow to respond to the impending crisis, as scenes and reports of overwhelmed Italian hospitals began to be broadcast in the UK.
He accepted Government protocols were “inadequate” and “grossly deficient”, while also pointing to the “unusual dynamic” in Downing Street during that period and the influence of Dominic Cummings. Mr Reynolds offered a picture of a Government that, after Mr Johnson’s 2019 general election, was “very different” and acknowledged there had been a “bedding down of new working arrangements”.
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