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Johnson: I did not back ‘let it rip’ Covid strategy in autumn 2020

Boris Johnson has said he was not “reconciled” to Covid deaths or thought it wise to “let it rip” in the autumn of 2020. The former prime minister strongly rejected the idea that he backed such a strategy as the Government grappled with rising Covid ...

07 Dec 2023 at 12:21

Eat Out to Help Out protected workers from ‘devastating’ job losses – Sunak

The Eat Out to Help Out discount hospitality scheme helped protect workers from the “devastating consequences” of job losses, Rishi Sunak has told the Covid inquiry. The scheme was introduced by the Prime Minister, when he was chancellor during the ...

11 Dec 2023 at 15:53

Sunak apologises to bereaved families as he appears before Covid inquiry

The Prime Minister said he is “deeply sorry to all those who lost loved ones” during the pandemic as he opened his day-long evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Rishi Sunak told chairwoman Baroness Hallett it is “important that we learn the ...

11 Dec 2023 at 12:19

Johnson spoke of ‘whisky and revolver’ at Covid meeting in October 2020

Boris Johnson referred to “whisky and a revolver” during a meeting with officials in October 2020, and spoke about “medieval measures” to tackle the pandemic, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The remarks, detailed in the notebook of the ...

07 Nov 2023 at 16:14

Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme ‘confused the public’, Covid inquiry hears

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme during the pandemic confused the public over what activities were safe, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. A submission from the British Medical Association (BMA) said the UK Government failed to ...

04 Oct 2023 at 12:35

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

Rishi Sunak avoided specifics as he was challenged in the Commons over whether he sought scientific advice ahead of implementing the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. The Prime Minister said the Government “took advice from scientific ...

22 Nov 2023 at 13:07

Johnson ‘perplexed’ at claims top scientists unaware of Eat Out to Help Out

Boris Johnson has said Eat Out to Help Out was not a seen as a “gamble” at the time and that he was “perplexed” at the suggestion top scientists were unaware of the scheme. Leading Government scientists, as well as former ...

07 Dec 2023 at 11:04

Sunak suggested ‘handling the scientists’ and not virus, Covid probe is told

Rishi Sunak was overheard saying the Government should focus on handling its scientific advisers rather than the spread of Covid-19, the inquiry into the UK’s pandemic response has been told. A series of diary entries ...

20 Nov 2023 at 21:40

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’

Boris Johnson considered injecting himself with Covid-19 on TV to show it did not pose a threat – but later said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose a second national lockdown, a senior aide told ...

07 Nov 2023 at 18:12

Johnson ‘perplexed’ at claims top scientists unaware of Eat Out to Help Out

Boris Johnson has said Eat Out to Help Out was not seen as a “gamble” at the time and that he was “perplexed” at the suggestion top scientists were unaware of the scheme. Leading Government scientists, as well as ...

07 Dec 2023 at 13:17

Johnson calls partygate portrayals ‘absurd’ as he finishes Covid evidence

Johnson attacks ‘absurd’ partygate representation in emotional hearing

Boris Johnson has lashed out at some of the “absolutely absurd” characterisations of the partygate debacle as he completed two days of at-times combative and emotional evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry. The ...

07 Dec 2023 at 17:51

Eat Out To Help Out ‘a mistake’, says son whose father died with Covid-19

A man whose father died after he contracted Covid-19 in hospital in 2020 said the Eat Out To Help Out scheme was “a mistake”. Stephen Allen, 69, from Harlaston in Tamworth, Staffordshire, said his father ...

11 Dec 2023 at 20:23

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