Sunak Versus Johnson: How U.K. Leaders Are at Odds Over Covid

Grading Boris Johnson's Response to Covid
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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson are saying different things on how to fight coronavirus in a split that exposes the dilemma at the top of the U.K. government over how to balance saving lives with saving the economy.

Both the prime minister and the chancellor have spent the past three days emphasizing their mutual regard and close personal relationship -- amid rumors that a rift has worsened.