MPs ask No 10 to clarify Dominic Cummings role in defence review

Committee complains of lack of transparency amid claims PM’s aide is driving the exercise

A group of MPs has demanded Downing Street clarify Dominic Cummings’ role in the defence and foreign policy review, saying it is unclear who is in charge of the exercise.

The defence select committee complained of a lack of “clarity and transparency” and called on No 10 to set out what role special advisers led by Cummings, the prime minister’s chief aide, will play in the review, which is designed to set national security priorities for the next five years.

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