today where she writes and says, "these were dominic cummings�* mates and that�*s why they seem to get "all this work." now, mr cummings denies that and the government denies that it�*s acted improperly. there are actually rules during an emergency that you can give out contracts without them going out to competition, without them being done in the normal way. but what that has done is lead to a lot of allegations of cronyism and people being reported as we�*ve seen with the ppe, the protective equipment contracts, when maybe they shouldn�*t have done. —— people being rewarded. so, this case is still going on today. we�*re not likely to get the decision from the judge today but i think it will come at some stage later. lucy manning. 8:44pm. the headlines on bbc news... caution over coming out of lockdown — borisjohnson gives no guarantees — saying we are in