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Lord Bethell says Boris Johnson did ‘everything he could’ to avoid focusing on pandemic in early days of crisisUK politics live – latest updatesBrexit was prioritised over tackling Covid-19 in the early days of the outbreak, a former health minister ha…
UK’s chief medical officer said to have attacked Treasury scheme launched by Rishi Sunak that subsidised meals out in August 2020. This live blog is closedKeith shows a WhatsApp message from Simon Case, the cabinet secretary. It is date 20 December 202…
Inquiry told of comments made by former prime minister during meeting discussing pandemic response Boris Johnson asked why damage was being inflicted on the economy during the pandemic “for people who will die anyway soon” in a meeting with Rishi Sunak…
Counsel to UK Covid-19 inquiry intervenes after failure to disclose or possibly retain messaging app textsThe Scottish government has been ordered to release all its WhatsApp messages from during the coronavirus pandemic after it failed to disclose the…
Exclusive: Social media users report receiving ‘priority’ vaccine letters for relatives who died years agoThe NHS has launched an investigation after it sent “priority” letters to people who died years ago, in some cases decades, urging them to book fl…
Joe Harding, a Republican who sponsored ‘don’t say gay’ law, must serve four months for claiming $150,000 in relief fundsA former Florida state lawmaker who sponsored the state’s divisive law nicknamed don’t say gay was sentenced to prison on Thursday …
Comment by Dame Angela McLean in message during meeting was apparently in reference to ‘eat out to help out’ schemeThe government’s chief scientific adviser sent a secret message calling Rishi Sunak “Dr Death the chancellor” during a meeting attended b…
Covid inquiry document reveals James Slack’s messages about article prompted concern from Matt HancockBoris Johnson’s top media official said the Daily Mail’s rush to get people working in offices during the first Covid lockdown came from being “desper…
Trainee GP Ashbal Chaudhary had been accused of bluffing way into a Manchester hospital to see a sick relativeA doctor accused of bluffing his way on to an intensive care unit (ICU) during the Covid pandemic to visit a critically ill relative is to kee…
In today’s newsletter: From allegedly lost WhatsApp messages to Sir Patrick Vallance’s frank lockdown diary, revelations only get more intriguing• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, and welcome to Dorland House, a one-tim…