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Former civil service chief also says he did not trusted Matt Hancock, the ‘over-promising’ health secretaryUK politics live – latest updatesMark Sedwill, the UK’s most senior civil servant at the start of Covid, viewed Boris Johnson’s government as “br…
Panel chair says provision of key medical supplies will be considered as part of inquiry into country’s pandemic responseGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Australia’s Covid inquiry has signalled her pa…
Prime minister says he finds prospect of march ‘disrespectful’ but says freedom includes ‘right to peacefully protest’Keith is only now asking about Covid. All the questions so far have been about process.Sedwill says, when concerns about Covid arose, …
‘We should remember how many lives were saved … but we need to learn and do better,’ former AMA chief saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastKey medical figures…
Exclusive: Robyn Kruk says ‘incredibly broad’ investigation won’t be ‘adversarial’ but premiers have already been contacted to participateGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe head of the federal Covid inquiry say…
This blog is now closed.Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021Optus service outage at a glance: what we know so farWhat’s been hit by the Optus network going down: from train services to wifi cat feed…
Cabinet Office’s Simon Case told cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill: ‘I’ve never seen people less well-equipped to run a country’The two most senior civil servants in the UK exchanged messages describing those inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as “pois…
Exclusive: Suppliers for firm linked to UK peer Michelle Mone helped source Covid masks for Australian government that were found unusableSuppliers of PPE for a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone were also involved during the Covid p…
Labour party leader criticises speech as ‘admission that government has no faith in Britain’s ability to avert decline’Here is Ben Quinn’s guide to what will be in the king’s speech.In a statement about the king’s speech issued overnight, Keir Starmer …
Then PM made joke about Rishi Sunak’s department because of its focus on lifting restrictions, according to diary entriesUK politics live – latest updatesBoris Johnson referred to Rishi Sunak’s Treasury as “the pro-death squad” as he sought to gain sup…