UK PM Rishi Sunak apologises to bereaved families at Covid inquiry

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The UK prime minister said he is ‘deeply sorry to all those who lost loved ones’ during the pandemic as he opened his day-long evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Rishi Sunak told Chair Heather Hallett it is ‘important that we learn the lessons so that we can be better prepared in the future’.

The Downing Street incumbent served as chancellor during the coronavirus outbreak and was responsible for implementing the furlough scheme and the Eat Out To Help Out discount hospitality scheme.

By Patrick Daly, Sophie Wingate, Jane Kirby and Ella Pickover

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