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Jon Stone

Policy Correspondent@joncstone

Jon Stone is The Independent’s Policy Correspondent, with a broad brief covering areas including EU affairs, climate, transport, and economic and social policy both at home and abroad. He has worked at The Independent since 2014 and was previously based in Brussels.

<p>File: Dame Angela McLean. Rishi Sunak was branded ‘Dr Death’ by the government’s own science adviser in WhatsApp messages revealed to the Covid-19 inquiry </p>

Rishi Sunak was branded ‘Dr Death’ by top government Covid scientist

<p>Nigel Farage</p>

Nigel Farage: ‘I will be Tory leader by 2026’

<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeated the claims despite warnings (Hollie Adams/PA)</p>

Rishi Sunak accused of ‘spreading misinformation’ by fact-checkers

<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Hannah McKay/PA)</p>

Leaked Tory memo reveals fears party will lose half of vote share