Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisers

Union to pursue unfair dismissal case after ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan was marched out of Downing Street

Boris Johnson and his closest aide, Dominic Cummings, have been facing a growing backlash over the dismissal of senior advisers as the union representing high-ranking public servants announced it was pursuing a case for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against a female adviser who was sacked and marched out of Downing Street by an armed policeman.

Two days after Sajid Javid resigned as chancellor after refusing a demand from Johnson to sack all his special advisers, the FDA (formerly the First Division Association) told the Observer it expected Johnson and Cummings to give evidence under oath to an employment tribunal in a case involving former Treasury aide Sonia Khan.

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