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Kemi Badenoch to oppose smoking ban in blow to Sunak’s authority

Business secretary speaks out as Penny Mordaunt and other ministers waver over support

The Guardian - UK

Conservative libertarians slammed as minister describes her regret at starting smoking aged 12 ahead of vote

Victims minister Laura Farris hits back after criticism by Liz Truss of Rishi Sunak’s legislation aiming to prevent anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco

Evening Standard

Chris Whitty urges MPs to ignore lobbying and pass smoking ban bill

Exclusive: England’s chief medical officer says tobacco industry is the ‘one gainer from the death and disease’ caused by its products

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak says he did not need to consult scientists on ‘eat out to help out’

PM defends his record as chancellor at Covid inquiry, but repeatedly says he cannot remember meetings and other details

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: What time is Rishi Sunak giving evidence and how to watch

Rishi Sunak to be grilled over claims Eat Out to Help Out scheme helped Covid spread

The Independent UK

‘Dr Death’ Rishi Sunak to be grilled over Eat Out to Help out and missing WhatsApps

It is claimed that Rishi Sunak is set to be ‘absolutely slaughtered’ for his failure to hand over WhatsApp messages to the probe

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to be quizzed on Covid Eat Out scheme at Covid inquiry before facing critical Rwanda vote

A crucial week for the Prime Minister starts with a grilling on his time as chancellor during the pandemic

Evening Standard

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Covid inquiry to question Rishi Sunak on Eat Out scheme and lockdowns

Rishi Sunak will face allegations his Eat Out to Help Out scheme fuelled the spread of coronavirus when he appears at the Covid inquiry on Monday.

The National (Scotland)

‘The optics are terrible’: how Rishi Sunak’s 2020 ‘eat out to help out’ scheme backfired

The then chancellor’s plan proved to be of no economic benefit and was decried by scientists – but it clearly set out the political aims of ‘Dishy Rishi’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak set to be grilled on lockdown doubts at Covid inquiry

PM also faces questions about Partygate, irretrievable WhatsApp messages, and his controversial Eat Out to Help scheme

The Independent UK

Eating out and Partygate: Covid inquiry questions Sunak should prepare for

Five things the PM could be asked about next week when giving evidence about his role as chancellor during the crisis

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s second day at the Covid inquiry: key points

The former PM addressed Partygate, ‘letting it rip’ and ‘eat out to help out’ in his second day of evidence

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson claims Partygate coverage is ‘million miles’ from truth in extraordinary rewriting of history

The former PM hit out at the ‘dramatic representations’ of what went on in No 10 – as he tied himself in knots and backtracked on his own witness statement

The Independent UK

From Eat Out to Help Out to ‘let it rip’: The key Covid revelations from Boris Johnson today

Mr Johnson said the elderly have ‘had a good innings’ and should be allowed to catch the virus in order to avoid further restrictions, the inquiry has heard

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

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 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

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Michael Gove apologises to victims for 'mistakes made by government'

'I want to take this opportunity to apologise to the victims who endured so much pain...as a result of the mistakes made by the government in response to the pandemic'

The Independent UK

Khan says ‘lives could have been saved’ if Government kept him informed on Covid

Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.

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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

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

Amid the drama of the Covid inquiry, Chris Whitty quietly pointed to an important truth. Will anyone listen?

England’s chief medical officer owned up to experts’ ignorance of psychology. If only others had been so candid in admitting their errors, says Stephen Reicher, a professor of psychology

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

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock and Dominic Raab to give evidence before Covid inquiry next week

The former health secretary will appear before the Covid-19 inquiry in a major week of hearings

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’.

Evening Standard

Jonathan Van-Tam tells Covid inquiry his family received death threats during pandemic

Threats about 'having their throats cut' led police to urge top scientist and his family to consider moving out of their home

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