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Covid inquiry: Johnson surprised ‘eat out to help out’ not cleared by scientists

Ex-PM says he had assumed Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance were briefed and denied UK locked down too late in 2020

The Guardian - UK

‘He doesn’t want to face us’: Boris Johnson arrives at dawn, avoiding Covid inquiry families

Bereaved relatives say they have little hope of closure or revelation from former prime minister’s two-day appearance

The Guardian - UK

Former British PM Johnson admits mistakes but defends his record at Covid probe

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of COVID-19 on Wednesday at a public inquiry into the pandemic, saying the government “got some things wrong” but did its best.

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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to defend his record in high-stakes grilling at COVID inquiry

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to defend his record at a public inquiry into the country’s handling of COVID-19

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s Covid charge sheet: from Partygate and flip-flopping to ‘letting it rip’

Security is beefed up at the Covid inquiry as the former PM finally faces grilling on decisions he made during pandemic

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: 10 questions facing Boris Johnson

The former prime minister will come under scrutiny and these are the pressing issues

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s legacy will be shaped by Covid inquiry appearance

Discredited ex-PM faces a demolition job in one of the few policy areas to which he and his allies still cling

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson wanted ‘massive fines’ for lockdown breaches, Covid inquiry hears

PM favoured ‘a lot more punishments’, Patrick Vallance wrote in diary in September 2020, three months after his own law breaking

The Guardian - UK

Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry

Ex-health secretary has described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by ‘culture of fear’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson to be grilled at Covid inquiry next week

The former PM will answer questions about his decision-making including the claim he was ‘obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak pushed hard for lifting of Covid rules, inquiry hears

Inquiry hears extracts from Patrick Vallance’s diary as Sajid Javid and Dominic Raab give evidence to inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister ‘in all but name’, Sajid Javid tells Covid inquiry

Former health secretary says he had ‘not experienced that extent of dysfunction in any government before’ as Cummings made key decisions

The Independent UK

Johnson said ‘malingering’ people should get back to work, Covid inquiry hears

More extracts from Professor Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been shown at the inquiry.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak denies saying it was ‘OK’ to ‘just let people die’ of Covid

The suggestion appeared in pandemic diaries shared with the Covid inquiry by former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

COVID inquiry heard Boris Johnson 'struggled' with graphs – if you do too, here are some tips

In March 2020, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, presented to the nation a graph showing “the shape of an epidemic”. The red line depicting the number of predicted COVID cases rose to a steep peak before falling again. Vallance explained that delaying and reducing the height of…

The Guardian - UK

A vacuous, amoral elite who lost the plot. Saltburn or the Covid inquiry? It’s hard to tell

According to Sir Patrick Vallance’s evidence, figures ‘bamboozled’ Boris Johnson. Did he learn only entitlement at Eton?

The Guardian - UK

Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock’s early Covid warnings were ignored by No 10, say allies

Ex-cabinet minister set to hit back at inquiry after being made a scapegoat for government failings

The Guardian - UK

Matters of life and death: Sunak faces mounting danger at Covid inquiry

The PM is soon to appear for questioning, and a perilous narrative is emerging about his role in the crisis response

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry: expert witnesses expose a mass of political failure

Editorial: Testimony from the government’s medical and scientific advisers condemns Boris Johnson’s Downing Street and Rishi Sunak’s Treasury

The Guardian - UK

‘Who were you to decide that our innings was over?’ Michael Rosen’s Covid inquiry poem

The poet and broadcaster, who spent 48 days in intensive care after contracting coronavirus, reflects on the ‘chilling’ evidence from the Covid inquiry, and pens a poem in response

The Guardian - UK

Herd immunity and a ‘bamboozled’ PM: what we learned at the UK Covid inquiry this week

The inquiry heard evidence of threats against scientists, and more metaphors from Jonathan Van-Tam

The Independent UK

Chief scientific adviser to appear before pandemic inquiry

It comes after it emerged that Professor Dame Angela McLean is said to have referred to Rishi Sunak as ‘Dr Death’.

The Independent UK

Sunak avoids specifics when asked if scientists consulted on Eat Out to Help Out

Rishi Sunak was challenged at Prime Minister’s Questions over whether the sought scientific advice on the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

The Independent UK

Whitty never told about Eat Out to Help Out but ‘should have been’ – inquiry

England’s chief medical officer is giving evidence to the public inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 for a second day.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry live: Jonathan Van-Tam to testify as Chris Whitty says herd immunity was ‘dangerous’ goal

Boris Johnson’s deputy chief medical officer to be grilled over decision-making during pandemic

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