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England’s chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry focus was more on dealing with consequences of pandemicUK politics live – latest updatesEngland’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, said the UK “did not give sufficient thought” to stopping Cov…
Prime minister says he knows people will be anxious about rate rise but ‘it is going to be OK’. This live blog is closedBank of England raises interest rates by a half point to 5%Rishi Sunak has posted a thread on Twitter setting out what the governmen…
Chancellor and former health secretary tells Covid inquiry Britain was too slow to test and isolateUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK could have avoided a Covid lockdown if it had prepared better for a pandemic, Jeremy Hunt has argued, saying ther…
Former CMO for England was previously told coronavirus ‘won’t come here’ after asking for preparedness reviewThe former chief medical officer for England has issued an emotional apology to the Covid bereaved as it emerged she asked for a preparedness r…
Oliver Letwin, who led emergency planning during coalition, says churn of ministers and officials is ‘disaster for country’Britain’s whole system of critical national infrastructure remains “wildly under-resilient,” the Covid-19 inquiry has been told b…
Evidence submitted by former chancellor claims austerity had ‘positive’ effect on UK’s ability to withstand Covid pandemicGeorge Osborne, chancellor from 2010 until 2016, is giving evidence to the Covid inquiry now.He starts by saying he wants to expre…
Former prime minister censured in his absence, with 354 MPs voting to approve and just seven voting againstBoris Johnson faces loss of Westminster pass as MPs back Partygate reportAt the Labour event Keir Starmer is now speaking. He starts with a jibe …
Covid inquiry will be given redacted notes and WhatsApp messages from former PM’s time in officeA collection of 25 notebooks from Boris Johnson’s time in office is being withheld by the government after a security services review found they contained h…
Government focused on no-deal preparation and did not foresee need for PPE, contact tracing or possible lockdownsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK was unprepared for the Covid pandemic because the government was distracted by plans in anticipatio…
Government’s readiness for pandemic, health inequalities and testimonies of bereaved families featured at opening of inquiryThe long-awaited independent inquiry into the UK government’s handling of Covid finally began hearing evidence this week. It wil…