Boris Johnson at Covid Inquiry + SURPRISE Government Resignation
Robert Jenrick resigns over Rwanda Bill + Boris Johnson gives evidence to Covid Inquiry
Today on Newscast, the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives evidence to the Covid inquiry in the first of a two-day questioning of his government鈥檚 handling of the pandemic.
Adam is joined by the 大象传媒鈥檚 health reporter Jim Reed as well as Alex Thomas from the Institute for Government and The FT鈥檚 Lucy Fisher to unpack the key issues and what we鈥檝e learnt from his evidence.
And, the government has published emergency Rwanda legislation which makes clear that in UK law, Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigns, arguing the bill doesn鈥檛 go far enough. Adam and his guests react to this breaking news.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper, Hanna Ward and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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