Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Boris Johnson described Matt Hancock as "f****** hopeless", according to an alleged text published by former aide Dominic Cummings.
Mr Cummings, who left Downing Street in November, published a screenshot purporting to show an exchange between him and the Prime Minister.
It showed the controversial aide criticising Mr Hancock over testing via WhatsApp to which a contact purporting to be the Prime Minister replied: "Totally f****** hopeless." Mr Cummings set out questions he believed Boris Johnson should be asked about the Government’s handling of the pandemic.
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