Sunak and Johnson pushed repeatedly against autumn lockdown, inquiry told
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6G68E)
Covid investigation also told taskforce coordinating pandemic policy had no warning of eat out to help out'
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson pushed repeatedly against lockdown measures during the second wave of Covid in autumn 2020, with the government's chief scientist accusing the then-chancellor of using spurious" arguments against new rules, the inquiry into the pandemic has heard.
In a day of evidence that placed increasing focus on Sunak's role, the inquiry also heard that his flagship eat out to help out" hospitality scheme was imposed without consulting the government's Covid taskforce, leaving officials blindsided" by the Treasury.
Continue reading...