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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell and Adam Forrest

Rishi Sunak thought government should ‘let people die’, Covid inquiry told in bombshell claim

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Rishi Sunak thought the government should just “let people die” during the coronavirus pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told.

In one of the most explosive claims heard at the inquiry so far, the now prime minister, who was chancellor at the time, allegedly believed it was time to “just let people die and that’s okay” in the autumn of 2020.

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