What did we learn from Dominic Cummings at the COVID inquiry?
Oct 31, 2023•20 min
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Episode description
Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has appeared at the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, where he criticised the way the government worked in the early months of the pandemic.
Mr Cummings said it was "crackers" there was no plan for shielding or protecting care homes if the virus was not brought under control.
On the Sky News Daily, presenter Belle Donati is joined by our deputy political editor Sam Coates and Emma Norris, deputy director at the Institute for Government, to pick apart Mr Cummings's evidence to the inquiry.
Producer: Alex Edden
Interviews Producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Editor: Wendy Parker
Mr Cummings said it was "crackers" there was no plan for shielding or protecting care homes if the virus was not brought under control.
On the Sky News Daily, presenter Belle Donati is joined by our deputy political editor Sam Coates and Emma Norris, deputy director at the Institute for Government, to pick apart Mr Cummings's evidence to the inquiry.
Producer: Alex Edden
Interviews Producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Editor: Wendy Parker
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