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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Former home secretary Priti Patel to give evidence to Covid inquiry

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Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel will give evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry, where she is likely to face questions about her approach to controlling the border and “heavy handed” policing of lockdown rules.

Dame Priti lobbied for stricter border controls in the early stages of the pandemic in an attempt to prevent the virus reaching the UK, but was overruled.

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