Sunak denies ‘just let people die’ Covid claim

The PM said he looked forward to giving his evidence to the ongoing Covid inquiry.

Rishi Sunak denied a claim from Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who read a quote to PMQs saying: “Rishi thinks just let people die and that’s OK.”

He told her that if she checked the evidence, the chief science adviser “confirmed” he did not hear him say it, adding: “That’s because I didn’t.”