Questions are piling up for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak at the COVID inquiry

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Questions are piling up for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak at the COVID inquiry
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Dominic Cummings, once Mr Johnson's close ally but now his sworn enemy, is likely to inflict further damage on his old nemesis tomorrow. Meanwhile, a cabinet office official who has referred to Mr Sunak as 'Dr Death' will give evidence on Wednesday.

This week at the COVID inquiry is about the advisers - the backroom officials now thrust into the spotlight. They reveal new details of the chaotic decision-making in Number 10 - and more widely across government - and extremely candid assessments of the key players, but particularly Boris Johnson.

He revealed a hand-scrawled note from a discussion between Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak in March 2020 which read: 'We're killing the patient to tackle the tumour... Why are we destroying economy for people who will die soon anyway?' Asked who expressed these views, he said he thought it was Mr Johnson. It would tally with claims that he talked to aides of letting the 'bodies pile high' rather than allowing a second lockdown.

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