The Covid-19 Inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s handling of the pandemic which cost thousands of lives.

The biggest public inquiry in British history branded government inaction "inexcusable" and said it was repeatedly slow to bring in restrictions, costing thousands of lives and making full lockdowns necessary. Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett found the Partygate -PM and his chief adviser Dominic Cummings presided over a “toxic culture” and said “rule-breaking was not swiftly addressed” causing people to abandon lockdown rules.

Baroness Hallett said 230,000 lives were lost due to the virus and that such “devastating consequences” were in part due to the “decisions taken to respond” to the pandemic.

In her conclusion, top judge Baroness Hallett said: “T

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