Priti Patel is holding a Downing Street press conference after a leaked recording revealed she called for Britain's borders to shut in March.
Boris Johnson's handling of the pandemic has come under renewed pressure following the leak, with many questioning why he ignored the Home Secretary's advice.
It emerged yesterday Ms Patel had admitted that the UK should have acted sooner last year to protect the country from new cases of coronavirus arriving.
Leaked footage today showed the Home Secretary telling a group of Conservative supporters that she had pushed for borders to be shut sooner.
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