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Jumat, 28 Mei 2021

Boris Johnson was 'unwise' to allow flat refurbishment 'without more rigorous regard for how this would be funded', report finds - Sky News

Boris Johnson was "unwise" to allow the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat "without more rigorous regard for how this would be funded", an independent adviser has found.

Lord Geidt, the prime minister's adviser on standards, deemed that while the PM did not break the ministerial code, he had "unwisely" allowed the renovation to go ahead without knowing how it would be paid for.

He also discovered the work to the PM's flat above Number 11 Downing Street had partially been paid for by a Conservative Party donor.

However, Lord Geidt - who in other findings released on Friday concluded that Health Secretary Matt Hancock had committed a "minor breach" of the ministerial code when a COVID contract was awarded to his sister's company - concluded that Mr Johnson was unaware of the donor's contribution.

Looking into the controversy over renovations at the PM's Downing Street flat was Lord Geidt's first task since being appointed to his new role in April, having previously been private secretary to the Queen.

Last month, the Electoral Commission launched an investigation into how an upgrade to the apartment Mr Johnson shares with his fiancée Carrie Symonds was paid for.

The prime minister receives an annual public grant of £30,000 to spend on his private residence, but there has been speculation the final bill was up to £200,000.

The PM has said he paid for the works out of his own pocket, but there were questions over how initial costs were funded and whether they were covered by a Conservative Party donor.

The commission said it was "satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect than an offence or offences may have occurred".

At PMQs in April, Mr Johnson said: "Any further declaration that I have to make - if any - I will be advised upon by Lord Geidt."

As part of his new role, Lord Geidt signed off publications of the latest Register Of Ministerial Interests.

With regards to the flat, it said: "It is clear from the record that while a serious and genuine endeavour, the trust was not subjected to a scheme of rigorous project management by officials.

"Given the level of the prime minister's expectations for the trust to deliver on the objects he had set, this was a significant failing.

"Instead, the prime minister - unwisely, in my view - allowed the refurbishment of the apartment at No 11 Downing Street to proceed without more rigorous regard for how this would be funded."

The document also revealed that Lord Brownlow, a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords and former vice-chairman of the party, paid towards the redecoration costs.

The report stated: "I have considered the nature of that support and am content that no conflict (or reasonably perceived conflict) arises as a result of these interests.

"In respect of the Conservative Party, because of the strong connection between them and the prime minister, I do not believe that such support would put the prime minister under any different obligation to the relationship he already has as leader of the party.

"In respect of Lord Brownlow, as a member of the House of Lords, his interests are set out publicly and there is no evidence that he acted with anything other than altruistic and philanthropic motives."

On whether the PM knew about Lord Brownlow's involvement, the document added: "I accept that at the point when the prime minister became aware, he took steps to make the relevant declarations and seek advice.

"I also accept that, up until that point, he had reasonably assumed that earlier advice about the establishment of a trust had taken care of his interests."

The register was due to be published sooner, but was delayed until a new adviser was appointed.

The role has been vacant since November 2020 when Sir Alex Allan resigned in the aftermath of a report into alleged bullying by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Lord Geidt can raise concerns with the PM if he believes accusations that Mr Johnson broke the ministerial code should be investigated further, but is unable to launch such an investigation himself.

The prime minister retains the power to decide whether any minister has broken the code and what sanctions they should receive if so.

Lord Geidt was the Queen's private secretary for a decade and joined the House of Lords as a crossbench peer following his departure in 2017.

A No 10 spokesperson said: "Lord Geidt's independent report shows the prime minister acted in accordance with the Ministerial Code at all times.

"The prime minister has made a declaration in his list of ministerial interests, as advised by Lord Geidt.

"Cabinet Office officials were engaged and informed throughout and official advice was followed.

"Other than works funded through the annual allowance, the costs of the wider refurbishment of the flat are not being financed by taxpayers and have been settled by the prime minister personally."

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said: "The government has at long last admitted that a Tory donor has been funding the prime minister's private life. We know this isn't the only aspect of the prime minister's lifestyle that may be being funded by Tory donors - No 10 must now come clean about how far this goes."

Analysis: Whole episode supports Cummings claim of chaotic atmosphere in Downing Street
By Joe Pike, political correspondent

Boris Johnson will be relieved that he has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code.

He will hope this is the end of the 'cash for cushions' row over his lavish flat refurbishments that has swallowed up the time of civil servants, the Cabinet secretary, and put his partner Carrie Symonds in the headlines.

Yet Lord Geidt's report is also clear that the PM proceeded "unwisely" with the works, without understanding how they would be paid for.

We now know the Conservative Party donor Lord Brownlow initially picked up the invoices. Some estimates put the total renovation costs at £200,000.

Perhaps most startling is the revelation that the PM only seems to have realised Lord Brownlow had dug into his own wallet when Mr Johnson read it in the papers.

A lot of the blame is placed on civil servants who "ill-served" and "insufficiently supported" the prime minister.

This whole episode supports Dominic Cummings's claim of a chaotic atmosphere in Downing Street. And it paints a picture of a PM with a limited interest in detail.

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2021-05-28 16:10:09Z
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London Bridge attack: Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were 'unlawfully killed', inquest finds - Sky News

"Unacceptable management" of London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan contributed to the deaths of his two victims, an inquest has concluded.

The jury at the Guildhall ruled that Khan, 28, "unlawfully killed" Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, at the rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall in London in November 2019.

Jurors criticised agencies involved in the management of their attacker, saying it was "unacceptable" and there was a "lack of accountability and deficiencies in management by Mappa (multi-agency public protection arrangements".

They found that those involved with Khan had been blinded by his "poster-boy image" for the Learning Together programme.

They added that there had been "missed opportunities for those with expertise and experience to give guidance" in the management of Khan.

Mr Merritt's father David agreed that Khan's supervision after release "was not fit for purpose".

He described authorities as "complacent and passive" faced with the threat of what he might do.

"We hope that all other agencies will learn the lessons highlighted by the inquest," he said after the hearing.

Mr Merritt said his son was a "do-gooder in the best sense of the term" and that he "believed in the work he was doing".

He said his family has "stood in solidarity and sorrow" with Ms Jones's family during "the most difficult and traumatic time of our lives".

A statement on behalf of the jury sent their "heartfelt condolences" to both families and "to all who love and miss these two wonderful people".

"They clearly touched the lives of so many, ours included," they said, adding: "The world lost two bright stars that dreadful day."

They said they "wanted to convey to the families how seriously we have taken our collective responsibility" and "how much their children matter".

"We also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the astonishing individuals who put themselves in real danger to help and our incredible emergency services for their response both that day and every day," they added.

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu described the force's shortcomings as "simply unacceptable", adding he was "so deeply sorry".

"The stark reality is we can't prevent every attack," he said. "But I promise we will do everything we can to try."

Khan stabbed the two victims before he was chased on to nearby London Bridge by members of the public, who were carrying a fire extinguisher and narwhal tusk to try to disarm him.

The 28-year-old, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was then shot dead by police.

Evidence heard during the six-week inquest hearing repeatedly suggested the decision to allow Khan to attend the event in the capital, 11 months after his release from jail, was made with little scrutiny.

Concerns had been raised about Khan's increasing isolation and his frustration at being unable to find a job.

There were also warnings during his eight years in prison that he may not comply with conditions upon release to slip under the radar of authorities.

The inquest heard he had written a play while in jail, which foretold elements of his attack and it was passed to MI5 in early 2019.

The play's main character was released from a secure unit and commits a series of murders armed with a knife, but a senior MI5 official said it was deemed simply a piece of creative writing.

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2021-05-28 13:39:02Z
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Fishmongers' Hall: Graduates were unlawfully killed by terrorist - BBC News

Failings by MI5 and the police contributed to the deaths of two graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist, a jury has found.

Cambridge University alumni Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were stabbed by Usman Khan at a rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019.

Khan had been released from prison 11 months previously, the inquests at London's Guildhall heard.

The jury concluded that both victims had been unlawfully killed.

Could Fishmongers' Hall attacker have been stopped?

Jurors found there had been unacceptable management and a lack of accountability in the oversight of Khan, who had been allowed to travel on his own to London.

They concluded there had been failures in the sharing of information between state agencies responsible for monitoring the convicted terrorist.

Deficiencies in the organisation of the event at Fishmongers' Hall, including a lack of security measures, were also found to have been a factor in the two deaths.

After the conclusions were delivered, the forewoman of the jury said the jurors wanted to send "heartfelt condolences to the families of Saskia and Jack" who "clearly touched the lives of so many, ours included".

"We are so incredibly sorry. The world lost two bright stars that dreadful day," she said.

The forewoman added that the jury wanted to "thank the astonishing individuals who put themselves in real danger to help and our incredible emergency services for their response, both that day and every day".

Khan, who was from Stafford, had been released from prison in December 2018 after spending eight years inside for planning to set up a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

The 28-year-old stabbed Mr Merritt, 25, and Ms Jones inside the hall before he was chased along London Bridge by members of the public and shot dead by police.

At the conclusion of the inquests, 23-year-old Ms Jones's family said there were still "unanswered questions relating to failures of a number of organisations and individuals".

"It is beyond understanding and astonishing that not one of the state agencies sufficiently considered the associated risk and therefore questioned the wisdom of sending Usman Khan unaccompanied to London," the family said in a statement.

They also criticised Learning Together, which ran the prisoner rehabilitation programme, and the Fishmongers' Company over failures to keep those at the event safe.

Analysis

By Daniel Sandford, home affairs correspondent

When you go into these inquests, you're never quite sure how the evidence will unfold.

For seven weeks, we've heard details of his behaviour in prison, of how he was managed on release from prison and of how the key bits of intelligence about him were handled.

And bit by bit, the families of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt have become more and more horrified by what they've heard.

And the jury, it seems, have also agreed with the families, because when asked three key questions they concluded that:

The management of Khan in the community contributed to the deaths of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt
The failure to share intelligence properly contributed to the deaths
The security arrangements at Fishmongers' Hall contributed to the deaths

So all in all it has been a damning set of conclusions from the jury after hearing weeks of evidence.

A Court of Appeal ruling had meant Khan had to be automatically released on licence from prison, with the Parole Board having no say as to whether he was safe to be freed.

Throughout his time in jail, he was classed among the 70 highest-risk inmates in the country, was frequently involved in violence and radicalisation, and spent a significant period under investigation by MI5.

Upon his release Khan was assessed as being more dangerous than when he went into prison and there was an imminent risk of him causing serious harm to the public.

MI5 launched a new investigation into Khan but the intelligence was never shared with his probation officer nor the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) panel.

Still from a video clip showing Usman Khan praising Learning Together

Khan's trip to Fishmongers' Hall on the day of the killings was his first unescorted journey out of Staffordshire following his release from prison.

Police, MI5 and probation services all knew that he was going to attend the event but the inquests heard that none of them took any steps to guard against this.

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2021-05-28 13:29:37Z
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Relations between Johnson and cabinet secretary fray over Cummings ties - Financial Times

Relations between UK prime minister Boris Johnson and Simon Case, the head of the civil service, have descended into “mutual mistrust” over the latter’s ties with Dominic Cummings, multiple senior Whitehall officials said.

Case’s position as the most senior civil servant in the British government is under intense scrutiny after Johnson’s former aide Cummings told MPs this week that he personally recruited Case to try and influence the prime minister’s views on tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Case was appointed cabinet secretary in September 2020 after the working relationship broke down between his predecessor Mark Sedwill and the prime minister’s inner circle, which then included Cummings.

Five well-placed figures in the civil service said relations between Johnson and Case were precarious, in part due to his ties to the former Downing Street adviser. One government insider said: “Number 10 are deeply suspicious that he’s not on side.”

Those who have witnessed Johnson’s Number 10 operation at close quarters claimed that Case was sometimes excluded from key meetings.

Another Whitehall official said, “on the surface it looks fine and professional. But once you scratch beneath the surface, it’s clear that it is not harmonious. It’s better than Mark [Sedwill] but there are clearly feelings of mutual mistrust.”

Case was a surprise appointment to the role, having not previously run a major Whitehall department and being selected for the role at the relatively young age of 42. He emerged as Number 10’s favourite above several more established civil servants.

During Wednesday’s seven-hour testimony to two parliamentary select committees, Cummings told MPs he personally appointed Case to influence Johnson on the pandemic. “I brought in Simon Case to be permanent secretary at Number 10 because I thought the prime minister is not listening to me on this whole subject,” he said.

Cummings’s claim that he personally appointed Case has made his politically neutral position more difficult, according to colleagues. “Everyone knew it was true,” said one official. “But the fact that it’s in the public domain changes things.”

On Thursday, two officials said there were concerns across Whitehall over Case’s ties to Cummings. One government insider said “the mood in the cabinet secretary’s camp is very low” following the hearing. Another added that “he [Case] is clearly worried about what Dom might say next”.

But one senior Number 10 official said they “absolutely did not recognise that characterisation”, adding “the cabinet secretary and the prime minister have an excellent working relationship”.

Case, Downing Street and the Cabinet Office all declined to comment.

One friend of Case said: “Simon is happily getting on with the job and suggestions of a rift are well wide of the mark.” But officials sympathetic to Case report a “degree of frustration” on the part of the cabinet secretary as he attempts to forge a solid relationship with the prime minister.

There is speculation in Whitehall that Case might eventually return to royal duties and that he was not particularly enjoying the job. “The PM can’t fire two cabinet secretaries, but he could allow one to drift away,” said one Cabinet Office insider.

It is often suggested that Case is “unsackable” given that Johnson opted to change cabinet secretaries last year. But that is discounted by some senior officials who say Johnson would hardly pay a heavy political price if he removed someone seen as an acolyte of Cummings.

Case’s hesitant appearance at the public administration and constitutional affairs select committee last month was widely seen in Whitehall as confirmation that he lacked the experience of previous holders of the job. During that hearing Case was asked about how Johnson funded the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat — a matter he is overseeing a review into.

“He hasn’t run a department and he isn’t experienced in facing hostile questions from MPs,” said one.

One seasoned Whitehall observer described it as “an absolute disaster”.

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2021-05-28 08:54:10Z
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Covid: Surgery waiting times could be cut with specialist hubs, say surgeons - BBC News

Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs in England to help tackle what they call a "colossal backlog" of non-urgent operations because of Covid-19.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) wants a network of hospital sites focused on routine surgery, such as hip and knee replacements.

The government says it is working "to accelerate the recovery of services".

In March, around five million patients were waiting for surgery - the highest number since modern records began.

More than 436,000 were waiting more than a year, NHS England figures show - compared with just 1,600 before the Covid crisis.

A similar proportion of the population is on waiting lists in Scotland and a higher percentage in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Prof Neil Mortensen, president of the RCS, said the pandemic has had a devastating impact on surgical services - and that it must not be allowed to happen again.

"Surgery must be available on the NHS all year round, not stop and start," he said, adding that a "New Deal for Surgery" was required to help weather future pandemics.

"If a dangerous new variant of COVID-19 takes hold, or another bad flu arrives in the autumn, we cannot allow surgery to grind to a halt again or waiting lists will become insurmountable."

Prof Mortensen said patients and staff had already adapted to changes required because of the pandemic, such as flexible working and outpatient consultations by phone or video link.

He added that politicians needed to be open to change and accept that services available at their nearest hospital might not be the same as before.

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The RCS says there should be around 40 centres based in existing NHS buildings to carry out non-urgent surgery.

The idea is to reduce the risk of infections spreading from other parts of hospitals.

It is hoped that by bringing specialist teams together under one roof, there would be greater efficiency and better use of operating theatres.

Patients might need to travel further from their local hospitals, but the RCS says its own polling suggests most would support the idea if it reduced waiting times.

It wants to see an extra £1bn a year of government funding and a longer-term commitment to train more staff.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: "We have backed the NHS at every point in the pandemic, safeguarding urgent treatment such as cancer and emergency care, while protecting the NHS to ensure it was not overwhelmed."

He said the government was providing "an extra £7bn for health and care services" this year, and £1bn to tackle backlogs.

"We face an unprecedented challenge and will continue to work closely with the NHS to accelerate the recovery of services so everyone gets the care they need, including £160m to support hospitals to find innovative ways to carry out even more operations and cut waiting lists," he added.

It comes amid growing concern about the Covid-19 variant first identified in India.

Public Health England data shows cases of the variant have risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said up to three quarters of new UK Covid cases could be of the Indian variant, and that it was "critical" to monitor the link between cases and hospitalisations.

The prime minister said it was important to understand the extent to which the vaccine programme "interrupts the link" between infection, hospitalisation, serious illness and death.

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2021-05-28 05:30:56Z
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COVID-19: Ending lockdown on 21 June looks 'somewhat in doubt' as cases of Indian variant continue to surge - Sky News

Plans to fully reopen society on 21 June "look somewhat in doubt" after cases of the Indian COVID variant in England doubled in the space of a week.

Professor Danny Altmann of Imperial College London told Sky News that the final stage of the roadmap, which would see all limits on social contact lifted, are "balanced on a knife edge".

With the number of people who have the B.1.617.2 strain nearing 7,000, he said: "I'm not terribly surprised - I think we'd all seen it coming. Frankly, it's alarming isn't it?

"Because what we've essentially done is set back our clock… going back to the kind of figures we were last seeing about a month ago in terms of new cases. So I think it's troubling."

When asked whether the final stage of England's roadmap for easing lockdown should go ahead next month, Prof Altmann added: "Hopefully there's some quite careful thought and mathematical modelling being done into this. For my taste at the moment, that looks somewhat in doubt.

"We really are balanced on a knife edge, but surely from all that we've all seen in the last 13 or 14 months we realise how unforgiving and relentless this virus is.

"And you can't joke around with it with half measures.

"And if it looks, for example, like you have a new variant in your country spreading and taking off, it probably is, and you probably want to take that into account."

On Thursday, Imperial College London's Professor Neil Ferguson had warned that the full reopening of society on 21 June "hangs in the balance" - adding that the data collected in the next two to three weeks will be "critical".

Dr Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said she agreed with his appraisal during a Downing Street news briefing later in the day.

Warning that the most recent data is worrying, she added: "The roadmap works on four principles to go forward, so it's on the cases, hospitalisations, the effectiveness of the vaccine programme and then new variants.

"So, in many ways we're looking at the first part and the last part."

Although COVID infection rates have risen across most age groups and regions, Public Health England said: "Encouragingly the number in hospitals across the country remains low."

The hospital admission rate for COVID-19 stood at 0.79 per 100,000 people in the week to 23 May, compared with 0.75 per 100,000 in the previous week.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock also said there were "early signs" that coronavirus rates in Bolton, one of the hotspots for the Indian variant, were starting to "cap out".

Sky News political correspondent Joe Pike said the concerns "will be a worry for those in the arts, sport and hospitality industries ahead of 21 June".

When announcing his roadmap out of lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would follow "data, not dates".

Data suggests that as many as three-quarters of new cases are now of the Indian mutation, prompting the prime minister to warn that the final stage of easing lockdown in England may have to wait.

However, Sky's science correspondent Thomas Moore has said that the data provided by PHE isn't all bad.

He explained: "Firstly, two doses of the vaccine are really effective.

"Analysis of 5,600 cases of the Indian variant shows 60% were unvaccinated. Just 3% of them were fully vaccinated.

"Of the 43 people who needed hospital admission, 67% were unvaccinated, just 2% had received both doses.

And finally, eight of the 12 people who died were unvaccinated. All the more reason to get the jab."

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2021-05-28 01:06:15Z
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