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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…
Covid investigation also told taskforce coordinating pandemic policy had no warning of ‘eat out to help out’UK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak and Boris Johnson pushed repeatedly against lockdown measures during the second wave of Covid in au…
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…
Government aiming to limit rights of railway workers, ambulance staff and border officials to go on strikeRishi Sunak has not accepted that Suella Braverman’s description of rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” was offensive – although he declined to…
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser and senior civil servant traded blows at the pandemic inquiry last week, describing horrifying levels of government chaos. The irony was how often their assessments agreedThe Covid inquiry is scheduled, unfathomably, to ha…
Ex-PM in written evidence to Covid inquiry admits being torn over first lockdown due to the economic harm it would cause the UKBoris Johnson has defended himself against accusations of indecision during the pandemic, telling the Covid inquiry in eviden…
‘Fortunately this horrible dilemma never crystallised,’ former NHS England head Simon Stevens tells inquiry Former health secretary Matt Hancock told officials that he – rather than the medical profession – “should ultimately decide who should live or …
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here O’Connor asks Stevens if people tried to force him out of his job during Covid.Stevens says that is not what people were saying to him at the time. Continue reading…
In today’s newsletter: Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain gave evidence at Dorland House on Tuesday – what did they reveal?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Today we’re headed to the Covid inquiry, which is increasingly rev…