Senior Boris Johnson aide Dominic Cummings faces questions over whether he has been breaking government rules to help the Tory election campaign. The Lib Dems have written to Civil Service chief Sir Mark Sedwill, asking for assurances Mr Cummings, a senior government advisor to Boris Johnson , has »»»

The world’s ‘top digital and tech talent’ will be brought into the heart of government to transform public services, Boris Johnson will pledge today. In a clear signal of the drive to revolutionise Whitehall, these experts will be parachuted in to government departments to provide a different persp»»»

Last week Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s chief adviser, warned aides in Downing Street that a “hard rain” was about to fall upon Whitehall. The resignation of Sir Mark Sedwill as cabinet secretary is intended as a sign that the heavens have opened. It is not a voluntary departure but a cons»»»