Covid inquiry: Sunak defends his pandemic policies made as chancellor

What happened to Sunak’s missing WhatsApps?At the start of his evidence session Sunak was questioned over missing messages from WhatsApp relating to the period of the covid pandemic. He told the inquiry that he didn’t have access to some messages sent during the pandemic, as his phone had changed “multiple times.” He added that he wasn’t a “prolific user” of WhatsApp and said that important messages were recorded elsewhere. Asked if he’d been advised that he should try to retain messages in case they became relevant—especially after the then prime minister Boris Johnson announced the covid inquiry in May 2021—Sunak said, “I don’t recall anyone in my office making that recommendation or observation to me at the time.”Why did he not consult scientists before launching “eat out to help out”?The government’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance claimed in his recent evidence to the inquiry1 that neither he nor the…
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