Home secretary responds to comments by Boris Johnson’s former chief aide on handling of pandemic
Herd immunity was “absolutely not” the UK government’s initial plan to respond to coronavirus, Priti Patel has insisted, after Dominic Cummings said this had been the case and that ministers had repeatedly lied about it.
“Not at all, no. Absolutely not,” the home secretary told BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show when asked about the views of Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, given via social media on Saturday.
