Policy made up on the hoof, ministers lying to their colleagues, a prime minister unwilling to believe his own officials, scientists using faulty data – the list of allegations made by former Number 10 adviser Dominic Cummings is long but is it shocking?
We are joined by Jill Rutter, who worked as a civil servant for more than two decades at the Treasury and in Downing Street, and is now a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Government. We also spoke to the broadcast editor at The Spectator, Cindy Yu.