Boris Johnson will appear before the Covid inquiry for the first time today where he will be grilled about the government's response to the pandemic.

Boris Johnson was driven up to the venue in central London nearly three hours before his appearance is scheduled to begin at 10am.

The bombshell WhatsApp messages between former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings were show to the Covid Inquiry and relate to the first lockdown

Boris Johnson will claim he delayed implementing the first lockdown based on Sir Chris Whitty's advice when he gives evidence at Wednesday's Covid Inquiry.

From the speed of lockdowns to a macho culture in Downing Street, Britain’s former prime minister faced a two-day grilling.

The former prime minister said his government had initially underestimated the coronavirus. But he insisted that he and his aides had done the best they could at the time.

The former prime minister started the day being heckled by four protesters and finished it by being booed as he left

Boris Johnson's love life and family have been the interest of many over the years, as the former PM has divorced twice and fathered a child from a secret affair

Ushers were ordered to remove four people from the hearing room by inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallet as Johnson began his evidence.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appear before the Covid Inquiry today, where he will be grilled about his response to the coronavirus pandemic - here are the key questions he has to answer