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Speaking at this year’s Hay Festival, the former government scientific advisor also said it was ‘about time’ for a general election

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons – to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political and historic significance. The UK’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been a key source of evidence,…

Lead counsel’s quizzing of leading politicians, officials and scientists has brought him to national attention

The prime minister used an eight-hour evidence session to brush off accusations that he launched the controversial hospitality-boosting scheme without proper scientific advice

The Prime Minister said he still believed the 2020 discount hospitality scheme was the ‘right thing to do’

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

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces questions Monday over whether his "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme to help the struggling hospitality sector during the pandemic spurred the spread of Covid-19.

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

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 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’