Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has always listened to a "wide range of advisors" and not just Dominic Cummings.
Shapps added Cummings' is the type of advisor who challenges the way things are done.
Report by Odonovanc.
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