George Osborne, former chancellor under David Cameron, is set to give evidence in the Covid inquiry today.

Mr Osborne will likely be asked about austerity measures implemented during his time in government, and questioned if they had a knock on effect on pandemic preparedness.

His testimony will come after that of Oliver Letwin, the former cabinet office secretary, which starts at 10am.

Mr Cameron on Monday admitted his government made a “mistake” by focusing on an influenza pandemic and not other viruses.

The former prime minister between 2010 and 2016 accepted that “many consequences” followed from the focus on pandemic flu.

Mr Cameron said he does not accept that his government’s health budget was “inadequate” and led to a “depletion in its ability to provide an adequate service”.

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