"for ministers and their aides, the primary target of their ire is the civil service and what they see as the state machinery’s inability to deliver. Over the past fortnight, Downing Street political team has been increasingly at odds with Mark Sedwill" https://www.ft.com/content/b7277a55-387b-4529-85af-54c7a691b0cc

'"Criticism of Sir Mark is also coming from within Whitehall. His lack of Treasury experience has been identified by several civil servants as a flaw in his skills-set"...“People are saying that Jeremy Heywood would have handled things differently,” said one senior civil servant'

'One cabinet minister closely involved in responding to the ... outbreak said the leadership of key public bodies should also shoulder responsibility ... "Public Health England [are] the reason we don’t have more testing. They want to control the whole tedious process.".'

'One cabinet minister not involved in the daily meetings said she “didn’t have a clue” about the basis for the decisions. Another MP said: “It’s like a black box in Number 10. No one knows what is going on.”' https://www.ft.com/content/b7277a55-387b-4529-85af-54c7a691b0cc