George Osborne is facing a backlash after rejecting claims austerity measures he spearheaded made the country ill-prepared for the Covid pandemic.
After an 80-minute grilling at the Covid inquiry, the ex-Chancellor was accused of "gaslighting" the public as desperately defended his economic policies.
He also revealed to the probe, which heard from ex-PM David Cameron on Monday, the Treasury had no made no economic plans for a lockdown.
