The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Boris Johnson and his chief adviser reinforced a "toxic and chaotic culture" in Downing Street that undermined efforts to deal with the pandemic, the Covid Inquiry has found.

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Mr Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and inability to make key lockdown decisions.