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A crucial week for the Prime Minister starts with a grilling on his time as chancellor during the pandemic.

Rishi Sunak will be interrogated about his lockdown-sceptic views at the Covid Inquiry next week, The Mail understands.

PM also faces questions about Partygate and his controversial Eat Out to Help scheme

On Monday, the Prime Minister will appear before the Covid Inquiry. He should do so with his head held high. The record shows that Mr Sunak was an early and consistent voice arguing against lockdowns wherever possible. He raised the alarm about the serious costs of lockdown policies, both to the economy and wider society, far more than other senior ministerial voices at the time. As the shocking long-term costs of lockdown continue to emerge, his judgment only appears more prescient.

Politicians cannot be allowed to throw a smokescreen over the Covid inquiry to cover up their failures, and istakes must be admitted so they can be avoided in future, the Mirror says

Hugo Keith KC, quizzed Mr Johnson about rule breaking in No 10 during the pandemic and put it to the former PM that you knew how it would look but you didnt care that much.

Boris Johnson said he “hated” having to put restrictions on schools in the pandemic and defended a decision not to reopen schools in summer 2020 as it would not have been “practically very easy to do”.The former prime minister was questioned ...

No 10 culture led to better decisions, Boris Johnson tells Covid inquiry; People removed from COVID inquiry as Boris Johnson apologises for ‘pain and suffering’

The diary extract from ex-Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance comes as the PM Rishi Sunak prepares to take the stand at the Covid Inquiry next week

Mr Johnson used his evidence at the COVID inquiry to do two things at once - he told the inquiry he took responsibility for a variety of issues, but simultaneously batted off criticisms of his leadership style.