Downing Street fears that Dominic Cummings will publish explosive WhatsApp group texts exposing chaos during the early days of the fight against Covid, it was reported last night.
A Whitehall insider is reported to have said that senior figures were looking back through their phones in case they could get into trouble themselves.
It comes amid a bitter spat between Boris Johnson and his former right-hand man, who had access to some of the most confidential information in government before he was booted out last year.
Previously, it was reported that Mr Cummings is getting ready to present a bombshell dossier before the joint committee of MPs investigating the Government's handling of the coronavirus crisis next month.
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