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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

Ex-Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance handed his private diaries to the Covid Inquiry which detail extraordinary claims over the running of Government during the pandemic

Sir Patrick Vallance is giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry on the Government’s response to the pandemic.

Boris Johnson was 'bamboozled' by Covid science and at times 'looked broken' when dealing with the response to the pandemic, the inquiry heard today.

The Government’s former chief scientific adviser said there was a lack of transparency on analysis of Covid-19’s impact on the economy.

Sir Patrick Vallance is giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry on the Government’s response to the pandemic.

The outbursts attributed to Boris, and pored over by the Covid Inquiry, simply prove that he’s as flawed as the rest of us

The notes by the UKs former Chief Scientific Adviser have been described as a brain dump, written at the end of immensely stressful days to protect his mental health.

When the pandemic arrived on our shores, the presence at the news conferences of Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Sir Chris Whitty was a reassuring one. Their sober-suited seriousness acted as ballast for the then prime minister Boris Johnson, offering stable and informed advice to a politician faced with one of the worst peacetime crises to hit the country.

It is well-known now that the then-chancellor was sceptical about lockdowns from the very start.