PM likely to be asked about WhatsApp messages from pandemic that he says are irretrievable, despite reports number accessed

PM also faces questions about Partygate and his controversial Eat Out to Help scheme

Five things the PM could be asked about next week when giving evidence about his role as chancellor during the crisis

There’s no coming back from the Covid inquiry for the former prime minister. But something more sinister may be brewing in his wake, says journalist and author Peter Oborne

Prime minister is facing an appearance at the Covid inquiry and a vote on emergency Rwanda legislation

Congressional Republicans have used Hunter Biden’s legal problems, past drug use, and foreign business dealings to open an impeachment inquiry into the president, despite no evidence supporting any links to the elder Biden, Gustaf Kilander writes

Hugo Keith KC among those grilling former PM at Dorland House in London on Wednesday and Thursday

Some of those whose personal and professional lives were put under particular strain have harsh words for the ex-PM

Boris Johnson was questioned for second day after being booed by angry bereaved families

Rishi Sunak attempted to quash critics of his Rwanda plan with a surprise press conference today. Will it be enough to save him from his own party and electoral wipeout? And as Boris Johnson finishes two days of questioning at the Covid inquiry, did ...

Whatever the inquiry concludes, the current government will face the public’s anger over the ex-PM’s conduct, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul explains all you need to know as Boris Johnson faces the Covid inquiry

Petition started after ex-PM wore GTFC bobble hat to arrival at Covid inquiry, exposure residents say club can do without

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, asked questions about ...

Boris Johnson addressed the Partygate scandal as he was grilled at the UK’s Covid inquiry on Thursday (7 December). The former prime minister was repeatedly questioned about whether he could have done more to stop the Partygate gatherings. “Peopl ...

The former PM addressed Partygate, ‘letting it rip’ and ‘eat out to help out’ in his second day of evidence

The former PM hit out at the ‘dramatic representations’ of what went on in No 10 — as he tied himself in knots and backtracked on his own witness statement

Boris Johnson is shown all the times he said “let it rip” (the virus) during his second-day grilling at Britain’s Covid inquiry on Thursday (7 December). Hugo Keith KC showed the former prime minister extracts from former Government chief scien ...

Former PM also angrily denies comments he made about letting Covid ‘rip’ meant he had been uncaring

PM will be under huge scrutiny over his ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme at Monday hearing