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In today’s newsletter: Bereaved families say the latest findings confirm long-standing concerns about capacity, care and political choicesGood morning. Yesterday lunchtime the UK Covid-19 inquiry published its latest findings – this time on how the NHS…
Chair Heather Hallett says pandemic had devastating impact due to NHS being in ‘parlous state’ at timeThe NHS “teetered on the brink of collapse” during the Covid pandemic, and only just coped thanks to the “superhuman” efforts of healthcare workers, a…
Lord Chadlington introduced government to company in which he had financial interest in 2020The Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he committed five breaches of standards over Covid PPE…
Campaigners say ‘hard-hitting, clear-sighted and damning’ inquiry – the most expensive in history – ‘absolutely has been worth it’‘A new normal’: inquiry’s key findings on how Covid changed UK societyBereaved families have marked the final day of witne…
Former chancellor and PM faces questions on the economic response to the pandemic Sunak said speed was “paramount” as “one thing that was crystal clear that this was happening very quickly” and was to have an “extraordinary impact” on millions of peopl…
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereThis is from Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, on Nigel Farage’s denial of the FT story. (See 9.33am.)A handy reminder that in 2019 Farage did a deal to put Boris Johnson in N…
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was br…
Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’Covid-bereaved families have called for Boris Johnson to lose access to public funds and said they will pursue all legal options for personal accou…
Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture‘Too little, too late’: report condemns Covid response‘Chaotic and indecisive’: UK’s response under ToriesDominic Cummings “poisoned the atmospher…
Official report condemns handling of pandemic by leaders of the UK’s devolved nations Nicola Sturgeon excluded senior advisers from decision-making during the pandemic by holding “gold command meetings” with a small circle, reducing transparency and ac…