Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, his chief scientific advisor said Monday. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic,

Boris Johnson struggled to get his head around Covid-19 data and scientific advice during the pandemic, the diaries of Patrick Vallance reveal.

Security is beefed up at the Covid inquiry as the former PM finally faces grilling on decisions he made during pandemic

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that his government was too slow to grasp the scale of the COVID-19 crisis

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have a chance to defend his handling of the pandemic in two days of questioning at the Covid inquiry. Mr Johnson is expected to apologise to the inquiry and admit his government made mistakes during the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has insisted he never backed a "let it rip" Covid strategy in autumn 2020. Confronted with that claim in an extract of Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary at the Covid inquiry, Mr Johnson said it was not an accurate reflection of his thinking about Covid at the time and that he was probing the advice given to him.

Gasps were heard in the public gallery at the Covid inquiry on Thursday (7 December) as Boris Johnson snapped at a lawyer over coronavirus death toll figures. Pete Weatherby KC, representing Covid Bereaved Families for Justice,

At Covid inquiry former PM angrily denies he did not care about elderly or how Downing Street parties would look