Dominic Cummings has pledged to “take an axe” to the planning system.
In a conference call with government advisers that has mysteriously found its way into the pages of The Times, the PM’s most senior adviser said that there would be no return to austerity and that the government would address “long-term problems” such as the planning system.
He denied that there would be a reshuffle and dismissed suggestions that Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, could be moved on as “invented bollocks”.
Cummings also reportedly heaped praise on chancellor Rishi Sunak and scorn on opposition leader Keir Starmer.
