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Inquiry told of comments made by former prime minister during meeting discussing pandemic response Boris Johnson asked why damage was being inflicted on the economy during the pandemic “for people who will die anyway soon” in a meeting with Rishi Sunak…
Counsel to UK Covid-19 inquiry intervenes after failure to disclose or possibly retain messaging app textsThe Scottish government has been ordered to release all its WhatsApp messages from during the coronavirus pandemic after it failed to disclose the…
Comment by Dame Angela McLean in message during meeting was apparently in reference to ‘eat out to help out’ schemeThe government’s chief scientific adviser sent a secret message calling Rishi Sunak “Dr Death the chancellor” during a meeting attended b…
Covid inquiry document reveals James Slack’s messages about article prompted concern from Matt HancockBoris Johnson’s top media official said the Daily Mail’s rush to get people working in offices during the first Covid lockdown came from being “desper…
In today’s newsletter: From allegedly lost WhatsApp messages to Sir Patrick Vallance’s frank lockdown diary, revelations only get more intriguing• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, and welcome to Dorland House, a one-tim…
Covid inquiry expected to quiz Simon Case over ‘treasure trove’ of official correspondenceCivil service chief Simon Case – who described the government as a “terrible, tragic joke” in private WhatsApp messages at the height of the pandemic – is expecte…
Rishi Sunak fails to gain electoral benefit from party conference season, poll says, as Labour receives two-point boost during its conferenceRishi Sunak has recorded a clip for broadcasters from the JEF meeting in Sweden. Echoing the line used by Grant…
Former cabinet secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell also says breaches of Covid rules by those in power destroyed public trustPolitical inexperience and cabinet-level turmoil at the heart of Boris Johnson’s government were key reasons why the UK coped poorly w…
Anne Longfield, England’s former children’s commissioner, said ministers were indifferent to children during lockdownChildren will be living in the “long shadow” of the pandemic for the next two decades thanks to the government’s “indifference” to them…
Young people’s needs were forgotten, with no one made responsible by UK government for ensuring their rights were met, says legal expertChildren were disproportionately affected by pandemic policies, with their voices not listened to and no one made re…