The High Court is set to hear evidence from Boris Johnson's former top aides on Monday, a campaign group has said in a battle over a controversial coronavirus contract.
Witness statements from Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain are due to be revealed for the first time in a challenge against the £564,000 taxpayer-funded deal, according to the Good Law Project.
The contract went without competition to lobbying and research firm Public First - co-owned by Cummings' former associate James Frayne, and Rachel Wolf who co-wrote the 2019 Tory manifesto.
The firm was paid for "extremely urgent" research, development and consultancy on Covid-19 for six months from March 3. The deal was originally worth up to £840,000 but the firm was paid £564,393.