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Hugo Keith KC: dogged fact-finder at heart of Covid inquiry

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

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak defends Eat Out to Help Out scheme under intense pressure at Covid inquiry

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 Independent UK

Eat Out to Help Out protected workers from ‘devastating’ job losses, Sunak tells Covid inquiry

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

Evening Standard

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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

UK Covid-19 Inquiry To Grill PM Sunak Over Eat Out Scheme

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.

International Business Times

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

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.

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‘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

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 defends 'let Covid rip' comments as he hits back over partygate

BORIS Johnson has defended comments he made about letting Covid “rip” even if it meant elderly people dying at the official inquiry into the…

The National (Scotland)

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

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

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‘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

France 24

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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