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From foul-mouthed rants about colleagues to ‘appalling neglect’ of vulnerable people, those close to Boris Johnson revealed workings of government at height of pandemicThese are the key things we learned on the most compelling and foul-mouthed day of t…
WhatsApp messages also reveal Boris Johnson’s dismissive attitude to millions of old people at risk from the virusA toxic culture of government incompetence, backstabbing and misogyny was laid bare at the Covid public inquiry on Tuesday with messages r…
Former Scottish first minister says she ‘will be very clear to the [UK Covid] inquiry’ about any evidence she holdsNicola Sturgeon has refused to confirm or deny allegations that she deleted some or all of her WhatsApp messages during the Covid pandemi…
Inquiry sees verbatim messages from Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Patrick VallanceBoris Johnson’s indecision over the Covid pandemic and his attitude towards the fate of older people were laid bare in evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday.Verb…
Former PM had said his party felt virus was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, and was not convinced NHS was overwhelmedUK politics live – latest updatesBoris Johnson told senior advisers that the Covid virus was “just nature’s way of dealing w…
Lee Cain says team were ‘exhausted’ by prime minister dallying and changing his mind UK politics live – latest updatesBoris Johnson had the wrong “skill set” to lead the country through the pandemic, leaving his senior aides “exhausted” by constantly c…
Members of Boris Johnson’s inner circle have started to give evidence, with senior civil servant Martin Reynolds the first to appearUK politics live – latest updatesThe former high court judge Heather Hallett is chairing the independent public inquiry …
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser denies contributing to an atmosphere of misogyny at No 10, saying he was ‘much ruder about men’Heather Hallett, the chair, intervenes at this point. She asks Cain if he is defending the 10-day gap. She says she find…
Lord Bethell says Boris Johnson did ‘everything he could’ to avoid focusing on pandemic in early days of crisisUK politics live – latest updatesBrexit was prioritised over tackling Covid-19 in the early days of the outbreak, a former health minister ha…
UK’s chief medical officer said to have attacked Treasury scheme launched by Rishi Sunak that subsidised meals out in August 2020. This live blog is closedKeith shows a WhatsApp message from Simon Case, the cabinet secretary. It is date 20 December 202…