How much trouble is Hancock in after Cummings’s claims?

overnment ministers and their top officials have been nervously wondering for several weeks where exactly the most damaging “Dom bombs” were going to fall.

It’s now clear that Dominic Cummings had Matt Hancock in his sights – singling out the health secretary for heavy and repeated bombardment during Wednesday’s testimony to the joint inquiry of MPs examining the government’s response to the pandemic.

Boris Johnson’s former senior adviser accused Hancock of “criminal, disgraceful behaviour” by interfering with the fledgling test and trace system and claimed that the minister fell “disastrously below” the standards expected during a public health crisis.