Rishi Sunak to be quizzed on Covid Eat Out scheme at Covid inquiry before facing critical Rwanda vote
Rishi Sunak will face allegations his Eat Out to Help Out scheme fuelled the spread of coronavirus as he appears before the Covid inquiry on Monday.
The Prime Minister is expected to be grilled on whether he believed scientists were handed too much power, and whether insufficient consideration was given to the impact of lockdowns.
His questioning by lead counsel Hugo Keith KC in west London on Monday morning will kick off a crucial week for Mr Sunak, as he faces a crunch vote on his Rwanda legislation on Tuesday.
Tory MPs from both wings of Mr Sunak's bitterly divided party are due to, in a major test for his leadership.
