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

His appearance comes a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance offered his insights into ministers’ handling of the pandemic.

BORIS Johnson wanted to let Covid “rip” despite the fact people would die, while Rishi Sunak also thought that was “okay”, the public…

Sir Patrick Vallance wrote in his pandemic diaries about claim made by Dominic Cummings about then chancellor in heated meeting about lockdowns

Sunak believed it was ‘okay’ to ‘just let people die’, according to diaries from the former chief scientific adviser in one of the most explosive claims yet

The former chief scientific adviser gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Monday.

The claim, heard during the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic, came from the diaries of Sir Patrick Vallance.

No one owns the news cycle. If you want it, you have to earn it. So while Rishi Sunak was making a speech in north London about the taxes he may or may not cut, attention was drawn across town, towards the Covid Inquiry and Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Government’s former chief scientific adviser said there was a lack of transparency on analysis of Covid-19’s impact on the economy.