Johnson says pandemic will stay with him ‘as long as I live’ as he faces scrutiny

Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted there were ‘many things’ could have been done differently at the start of the pandemic (Hannah McKay/PA)

Boris Johnson is set to be grilled by senior MPs over his handling of the pandemic as he admitted the events of the past year would live with him for the rest of his life.

The British prime minister will spend Wednesday afternoon in front of the Liaison Committee, made up of Commons select committee chairs, in which he will be asked about his response to coronavirus after the UK marked the anniversary of the first national lockdown.