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Covid inquiry hears that from 2018 planning for UK’s disorderly exit from EU ‘drained resources and capacity’Planning for a no-deal Brexit from 2018 “crowded out” government efforts to prepare for a pandemic and contributed to leaving the country unrea…
Latest updates: Covid inquiry’s counsel says evidence will demonstrate government devoted more resource to flu pandemic. This live blog is closedFull story: No-deal Brexit planning ‘crowded out’ efforts to prepare for pandemicHallett says the concerns …
In today’s newsletter: A sprawling inquiry into the handling of the pandemic begins – this is what’s at stakeSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. The first evidence session in a massive public inquiry into the UK’s handling…
Survey also finds one in seven say violence is fair response to alleged conspiracies such as ‘15-minute cities’The UK is home to millions more conspiracy theorists than most people realise, with almost a quarter of the population believing Covid-19 was…
Helen Whately declines to endorse former health secretary’s 2020 assertion as pandemic public inquiry begins in earnestThe care minister, Helen Whately, has declined to back Matt Hancock’s claim that the government threw a “protective ring around care …
SCIENTISTS were working with the Chinese military to create a mutant virus and pursue bioweapons just as the pandemic started, investigators believe.
They were running secret dangerous experiments combining the most deadly coronaviruses, w…
Vaccine plans devised during Covid crisis have been systematically dismantled by ministers, says former head of vaccine taskforceMinisters have “systematically dismantled” critical vaccine plans drawn up during the Covid crisis and left the country r…
The ex-prime minister’s surprise resignation as an MP followed a collapse in his popularity that is likely to be terminalUK politics: live updatesWhen Boris Johnson sat down to draft his resignation statement after learning the privileges committee had…
Sutton says the pressure of the public role through the worst of the pandemic took a toll on his familyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s chief h…
Executives urge audiences to ‘fill yer boots’ and watch as many shows as possible amid Covid fightbackEncore! Surefire shows returning for the Edinburgh festival in 2023The Edinburgh festival fringe is expecting to host artists from nearly 70 countries…