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Cummings, Dominic - Special Adviser at No.10, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice

Correspondence with Dominic Cummings, former Special Adviser at No.10 at the Cabinet Office, in relation to appointments after leaving Crown service

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Correspondence from Lord True, Cabinet Office

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Correspondence to the Cabinet Office regarding Dominic Cummings' application to take on consulting work

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Correspondence to the Cabinet Office regarding breaches of the Rules

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Correspondence from ACOBA to Dominic Cummings

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Dominic Cummings left his role as Special Adviser at No.10 in December 2020

Response from Lord True to the Chair of ACOBA.

Lord True wrote to the Chair of ACOBA regarding Dominic Cummings’ business activities after leaving Crown employment. An accessible version of the letter is available here

Request for advice on consulting

ACOBA wrote to the Cabinet Office in response to the application received for Dominic Cummings to take up consulting work. The Committee refused to provide advice. An accessible version of the letter is available here

Substack blog

ACOBA wrote to Dominic Cummings about his failure to seek and await for advice in relation to his charging payment for services via a blog hosted on Substack. Read the correspondence sent to Mr Cummings.

ACOBA has reported this to the Cabinet Office Lord True responded on behalf of government. An accessible version of the letter is available here

Published 12 July 2021
Last updated 7 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. Response from Lord True to the Chair of ACOBA regarding breach of the Rules

  2. Correspondence refusing to provide advice added

  3. First published.