Boris Johnson was not in charge of his own Government with then No10 top aide Dominic Cummings instead seeking to "act as the Prime minister in all but name," the Covid Inquiry was told on Wednesday.The bombshell claim was made by former Chancellor Sajid Javid.
He resigned as Chancellor in February 2020 after Cummings effectively sacked his special adviser.The probe was shown a witness statement submitted by Mr Javid.It said: "I resigned in February 2020 before the pandemic in large measure because of the actions of Mr Dominic Cummings, who was in post at the time."I would say during my time as chancellor I considered he sought to act as the prime minister in all but name and he tried to make all key decisions within No 10 - not the Prime Minister."I felt that the elected Prime Minister was not in charge of what was happening in his name and was largely content with Mr Cummings running the Government.
