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Rishi Sunak considered pre-paid debit card giveaway during Covid

Sunak thought about sending out millions of cash-laden cards in post – but was warned of ‘significant risk’ of theft

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak Covid inquiry – live: PM reacts to Boris Johnson’s ‘pro-death squad’ description of Treasury

Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson’s description of the Treasury was wrong as he gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry

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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

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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

Eat Out To Help Out in numbers: How much did the scheme really affect Covid cases?

The scheme cost an estimated £840m while Covid death rates did increase in September

The Independent UK

Watch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to UK Covid Inquiry as he’s grilled over Eat Out To Help Out scheme

Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry as he’s grilled over the Eat Out To Help Out scheme on Monday (11 December).

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

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Rishi Sunak Covid inquiry – live: PM reacts to Boris Johnson’s ‘pro-death squad’ description of Treasury

Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson’s description of the Treasury was wrong as he gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry

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

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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Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson 'fairly confident' medical experts knew about Eat Out to Help Out

The former prime minister says the scheme was 'pretty well publicised' and must have been discussed in meetings before launching

Evening Standard

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

Rishi Sunak faces grilling at Covid inquiry next week

PM will be under huge scrutiny over his ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme at Monday hearing

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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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’.

The Independent UK

Sunak avoids specifics when asked if scientists consulted on Eat Out to Help Out

Rishi Sunak was challenged at Prime Minister’s Questions over whether the sought scientific advice on the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

The Independent UK

Whitty never told about Eat Out to Help Out but ‘should have been’ – inquiry

England’s chief medical officer is giving evidence to the public inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 for a second day.

Evening Standard

What was Eat Out to Help Out? Scientists say they weren't told about the scheme

Top scientists leading the UK response to the pandemic were not consulted over risks of encouraging public dining

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Rishi Sunak thought government should ‘let people die’, Covid inquiry told in bombshell claim

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 Independent UK

Health officials was ‘not concerned’ about Covid patients in care homes months into pandemic, inquiry hears

Simon Ridley also claimed he was “blindsided” by Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak named 'Dr Death' by government advisers during pandemic, inquiry told

Government advisers referred to Rishi Sunak as “Dr Death” during the pandemic, WhatsApp messages shown to the Covid-19 Inquiry have revealed...

The Independent UK

Government advisers called Sunak ‘Dr Death’ during pandemic, Covid inquiry told

WhatsApp messages between epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds and Professor Dame Angela McLean were shared at Thursday’s hearing.

The Independent UK

Scientists shocked by ‘stay alert’ Covid messages they did not agree with

Members of the Spi-B advisory group told the Covid-19 Inquiry they had been raising the ‘problem’ of Government communications for several weeks.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out was ‘confusing’ and put lives at risk, inquiry told

Eat Out to Help Out ‘encouraged social mixing’ and ‘confused public health messaging’, inquiry hears

The Independent UK

Covid-19 inquiry: Bereaved were ‘demoralised to see mistakes being repeated’

People who lost relatives early on became concerned about decisions bring taken as the pandemic progressed.

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