Former advisor to the Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, responded to accusations that he leaked the PM's text messages by launching an attack.

In a length blog the advisor named the leaks in number 10 and exposed Boris Johnson for trying to push an "unethical" and "possibly illegal" plan to fund a refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.

A warning that our Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates' report contains flash photography.

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