By Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
Lack of meetings prompts fears it is being made deliberately redundant amid Covid-19 crisis
Britain’s national security council – a meeting of senior ministers with military and spy chiefs – has not met since late January and there are no plans for it to come together this week, prompting growing concern in some quarters of Whitehall.
The high-level body used to meet weekly under David Cameron and Theresa May but has only done so sporadically since the election, and some fear it is being made deliberately redundant during the coronavirus crisis.
Source: UK national security council has not met since January
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