Covid Inquiry latest: Dominic Cummings to face grilling over Number 10's handling of pandemic

Dominic Cummings, the former chief adviser to Boris Johnson who fell foul of lockdown rules, will face questions at the Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday.

A key figure in Downing Street throughout the Government's early response to the pandemic, Mr Cummings will give evidence as the investigation continues.

Mr Cummings was Mr Johnson's top political aide in Downing Street from July 2019, having previously led Vote Leave in the Brexit referendum and worked on the Conservatives' 2019 election campaign.

He was asked to leave government by then-prime minister Mr Johnson in November 2020, months after it emerged he had taken a lockdown-breaking trip to County Durham with his family.

Mr Cummings made the journey by car from London at the end of March 2020, when the Government had instructed people to stay at home, and returned in April after driving to Barnard Castle, County Durham, amid concern that catching Covid had affected his eyesight.

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