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Prime minister defends ‘eat out to help out’ and answers questions related to his role as chancellor during the pandemic

PM defends his record as chancellor at Covid inquiry, but repeatedly says he cannot remember meetings and other details

Today his appearance at the Covid inquiry, tomorrow his failing Rwanda bill. The PM – and the Tories – are disintegrating, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The red bracelet has been spotted a few times

Net migration was set to return to ‘normal’ levels, even without the latest overhaul of temporary visa rules, researchers say

The prime minister faces arguably the most challenging week of his premiership

You may have read recent alarming reports of a cough that “lasts 100 days” is “quickly spreading across the UK” and can “fracture ribs”. If you didn’t look beyond the headlines, you might have missed the fact that the reports are about whooping cough.

Today is just the start of what promises to be an intensely disagreeable week for the Prime Minister. The past returns to haunt him in his appearance today at the Covid Inquiry, where he will be obliged to justify his controversial Eat Out to Help Out programme. It transpired that…

And so it’s over — nearly. For what has seemed like an eternity, beleaguered and formerly famous TV stars have been subjected to intense scrutiny and forced to perform unimaginable acts, sometimes obliged to chew a lot more than humble pie, in front of an audience which is probably left…

PM begins with apology to people affected by Covid and says he did not see dysfunction in No 10 during the crisis

The scheme cost an estimated £840m while Covid death rates did increase in September