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Groups from the left and right will hold separate meetings today to consider if they will back the beleaguered legislation.

The Covid inquiry appears to be trying to rewrite history backwards. It has started with what “everyone knows”, which is that Boris Johnson locked down too late.

Speaking to the inquiry, the Prime Minister insisted that his policy was in fact “part of an overall package”.

He is expected to face questioning over his Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which has been criticised by scientists

Rishi Sunak clashed with Hugo Keith KC at the UK’s Covid Inquiry on Monday when the Prime Minister was told-off for interrupting him. Mr Keith was questioning Mr Sunak about the controversial Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Mr Keith asked the Prime Minister why the scheme had not been consulted with “anyone else outside No. 10.” Interrupting Mr Keith, Mr Sunak said: “The first thing to say, why do Eat Out to Help Out at all?” Mr Keith declared: “No, no, no. There is a method to my madnes...

The Prime Minister told the official Covid Inquiry that jobs overwhelmingly held by vulnerable and marginalised people could have been lost if he had not moved to kickstart consumerism.

Mr Sunak said it was the fault of scientific advisers if they had not raised their concerns about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme after it was announced by government.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who prides himself on his meticulous attention to detail, rejected criticism of his pandemic record but was unable to remember key details

Rishi Sunak has defended the Eat Out to Help Out scheme as a crucial means of supporting restaurants and protecting jobs.

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