Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The uk has the highest covid 19 death toll in europe and one of the steepest declines in economic output. Opinion polls suggest Prime Minister Boris Johnsons claims of a world beating governmental response cuts little ice with the public. My guest today isjeremy hunt, former Health Secretary, foreign secretary, and mrjohnsons rival for leadership of the conservative party. Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the countrys systems and its leader . Jeremy hunt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. One of your current parliamentary responsibilities is to hold the government to account, to scrutinise it, hold it to account on health policy. Do you think borisjohnsons government has a record to be proud of when it comes to covid 19 . Well, were still in the middle of the pandemic, so its probably too early to make that assessment. But were certainly not amongst the best. And i think the interesting thing, if you look at europe,
As always, much more at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The uk has the highest covid 19 death toll in europe and one of the steepest declines in economic output. Opinion polls suggest Prime Minister Boris Johnsons claims of a world beating governmental response cuts little ice with the public. My guest today isjeremy hunt, former Health Secretary, foreign secretary, and mrjohnsons rival for leadership of the conservative party. Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the countrys systems and its leader . Jeremy hunt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. One of your current parliamentary responsibilities is to hold the government to account, to scrutinise it, hold it to account on health policy. Do you think borisjohnsons government has a record to be proud of when it comes to covid 19 . Well, were still in the middle of the pandemic, so its probably too early to make that assessment. But were certainly not amongst the best.
Hello, a very good afternoon to you. Welcome to bbc news. Were expecting a downing street Coronavirus Briefing led by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. The National Medical director of nhs england, professor Stephen Powis, and the head of operations for the Community Testing programme, general sir gordon messenger, will also be there. We will bring thatjust as soon as they arrive in downing street, in they arrive in downing street, in the briefing room. First of all, lets talk about what has happened in the last few minutes, which is that the government has published its Impact Report which outlines the date on which they have come to their decisions around the new three tiers of restrictions in england, replacing the lockdown on wednesday. This was partly to assuage the concerns of conservative mps who are minded to support those resurgence in the house of commons. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent ellie price. I know this is only come out a few minutes ago, i do not know if
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The uk has the highest covid 19 death toll in europe and one of the steepest declines in economic output. Opinion polls suggest Prime Minister Boris Johnsons claims of a world beating governmental response cuts little ice with the public. My guest today isjeremy hunt, former Health Secretary, foreign secretary, and mrjohnsons rival for leadership of the conservative party. Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the countrys systems and its leader . Jeremy hunt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. One of your current parliamentary responsibilities is to hold the government to account, to scrutinise it, hold it to account on health policy. Do you think borisjohnsons government has a record to be proud of when it comes to covid 19 . Well, were still in the middle of the pandemic, so its probably too early to make that assessment. But were certainly not amongst the best. And i think the interesting thing, if you look at europe,
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