Boris Johnson has told the Covid inquiry that he assumed Rishi Sunak’s “eat out to help out” hospitality scheme had been cleared by government scientists and was surprised to learn later that it had not.
In evidence that could pose notable difficulties for Sunak when he appears before the inquiry on Monday, Johnson said it would have been “normal” for advisers such as Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance to have been briefed, and he had assumed this was the case.
