Former PM denied he made major mistakes during pandemic on first day of his evidence to the inquiry
With so much happening today, we’re running two UK politics live blogs. This one will focus on Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Covid inquiry. Andrew Sparrow’s regular politics blog, meanwhile, will focus on the deepening rift within the Tory party. You can follow that here:
At his first day of evidence to the inquiry on Wednesday, Boris Johnson apologised for “the pain and suffering” people experienced during the pandemic – but he also admitted “vastly underestimating the risks” in the early stages of the pandemic and denied that there was a toxic culture at No 10.
