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Sir Patrick Vallance’s full pandemic diary is to be kept secret, the chairman of the Covid Inquiry has indicated.

Sir Patrick Vallance’s footprint on the Covid Inquiry has been a disproportionately large one.

Extracts from Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries have become an important source for the Covid Inquiry. Described as notes that the former chief scientific adviser made during the pandemic, they are seen as providing an insight into the competing views of scientists and politicians at the time. Sir Patrick’s criticisms of Boris Johnson’s “flip-flopping” and alleged struggles to understand key scientific concepts have appeared to be of particular interest to Hugo Ke...

Appearing before the Covid Inquiry, the PM insisted his approach was a matter of social justice and the right thing to do to safeguard millions of jobs and provide a boost to hard-hit industries.

The new Chief of the General Staff has promised to make the British Army a “potent fighting force” fit for the future despite troop cuts.

Rishi Sunak faces an interrogation at the Covid Inquiry where he will be grilled on Eat Out to Help Out - a scheme branded 'eat out to help the virus' by the Chief Medical Officer

Mr Sunak, who was chancellor during the pandemic, will be questioned on claims that Eat Out to Help Out led to a spike in COVID cases and excess deaths - and that scientists were not consulted before it was launched.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, has issued an apology to bereaved families as he's questioned at the Covid Inquiry

Rishi Sunak is giving evidence on his role during Covid, including being nicknamed Dr Death by scientists and suggestions he favoured closing schools instead of shops.

Rishi Sunak described Boris Johnson as the 'ultimate, sole decision maker' during the pandemic at the Prime Minister's Covid inquiry appearance