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The former Prime Minister was found to at points have 'reinforced' a toxic culture inside the government that ultimately put Downing Street on the back foot during the pandemic

The former Prime Minister and his closest advisors' actions with Partygate and other rule breaks have been found to have directly distressed Brits who observed the rules while caring for loved ones

Editorial: That 23,000 people in England alone lost their lives because of the dithering of the former leader is a fitting – and awful – denouement to the political career of a man who was never up to the job of prime minister

As the Covid-19 Inquiry delivers a blistering verdict on the Partygate PM's handling of the pandemic which cost thousands of lives, we look at what he's been up to since leaving politics behind

Deborah Doyle, of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, gave a powerful address in front of the National Covid Memorial Wall opposite Parliament after the Covid Inquiry report was published

Report finds PM and Dominic Cummings presided over ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ in Downing Street

Baroness Hallett's Covid inquiry delivered a scathing criticism of the former Prime Minister and Dominic Cummings

Once, the former prime minister would have had more true believers getting his defences out. Not anymore

Damning analysis finds former PM failed to act with urgency and was disengaged in early stage of the pandemic

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was highly critical of former prime minister Boris Johnson and his team

A delay to locking Britain down during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in about 23,000 more deaths due to a toxic, chaotic and dithering response of former Prime Minister Boris John...

Report says efforts were hampered by ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture under former UK prime minister

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture

A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock

The inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic says Boris Johnson’s ‘toxic’ government repeatedly acted ‘too little, too late’ and 23,000 lives could have been saved if the first lockdown had come a week earlier

Baroness Hallett said the antipathy between the duo made emergency body COBR less effective.

A new report has found the first lockdown in March 2020 could have been avoided if not for a 'failure to act promptly and effectively'.