Watch live as former scientific advisor Patrick Vallance gives evidence ...

Watch live as Sir Patrick Vallance gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Monday 20 November. The former chief scientific adviser is scheduled to speak all day, followed by England’s chief ... Read More

Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears - BBC

Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more "ruthless, authoritarian approach" towards people who ... Read More

‘Politicians don’t understand science’: advisers give evidence at ...

Patrick Vallance, Chris Witty and others reflect on advising the UK government during the ongoing investigation into the country’s pandemic response. Politicians and civil servants didn’t have ... Read More

Matt Hancock: The key questions facing ex-health secretary ... - Sky News

In 2021, he was forced to resign after he admitted he broke the government's own coronavirus guidance to pursue an affair with an aide.. Today it is his turn to give evidence to the COVID inquiry ... Read More

Vallance diaries: Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by Covid science

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

Johnson wanted tighter Covid rules, inquiry hears - MSN

In another entry, on 25 September 2020, as Covid cases were rising once again, he quoted Boris Johnson as saying: "We need a lot more punishments and a lot more closing down". Read More

Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears

Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London. Jim Reed. ... according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. Read More