Lee Cain, former aide to Boris Johnson, gives evidence to Covid inquiry – UK politics live
Ex-PM’s director of communications questioned about No 10’s handling of pandemicO’Connor shows a paragraph from Cain’s witness statement. At the end of January an adviser to the health secretary told Cain the UK might not be prepared for the threat posed by Covid. The adviser mentioned supply chain issues.Cain says he was involved because he realised No 10 did not have answers to some of the questions the media might be asking.
