Michael Gove has hit back at claims that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson skipped coronavirus planning meetings as 'grotesque'.
A damning report in the Sunday Times newspaper describes Mr Johnson's government as having been complacent in its planning for the spread of Covid-19 in the UK.
It is claimed Mr Johnson missed five of the government's COBRA meetings as the coronavirus crisis gathered pace. An unnamed Downing Street insider told the Sunday Times: "There's no way you're at war if your PM isn't there. "And what you learn about Boris is that he didn't chair meetings. "He liked his country breaks. "He didn't work weekends. "It was like working for an old-fashioned chief executive at a local authority 20 years ago. "There was a real