Rwanda and COVID inquiry: Rishi Sunak’s toughest week yet

Politics

The prime minister appeared before the COVID inquiry today - defending his Eat Out to Help Out scheme and revealing Treasury concerns that the UK would not be able to fund the pandemic response.

While Rishi Sunak was giving evidence, some of his Tory parliamentary colleagues were calling on the PM to scrap his Rwanda bill as it goes to the Commons tomorrow.

On the Sky News Daily, Jonathan Samuels speaks to our political editor Beth Rigby, who discusses the difficulties Mr Sunak faces within his party over the asylum bill.

Plus, our political correspondent Tamara Cohen reports on the PM’s accounts at the COVID inquiry.

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