Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure over claims he misled Parliament when he said scientific advice had been taken “at all steps” in the pandemic – despite his evidence to the Covid inquiry revealing this was not true.
A shadow minister has called for the prime minister, who was chancellor at the time of the pandemic, to apologise to the house over his “not clear” statements over following the science.
Speaking in the House of Commons in March 2021, Sunak was asked by then shadow chief secretary to the treasury Bridget Phillipson whether “his refusal to follow the science by pitting public health against the economy led to worse outcomes for both”.
