The prime minister’s ‘oscillating’ was partly to blame for a 10-day delay in announcing a national lockdown
Explosive claim about former prime minister based on notebooks from his one-time aide, Imran Shafi
Former aide Martin Reynolds tells Covid inquiry he “cannot recall” why PM was given no updates for ten days
Martin Reynolds turned on the setting as plans for the official probe took shape, inquiry hears
A Cabinet Office scientist who raised concerns over ‘stay alert’ was told it was ‘too late’. SAGE was not even asked
Exemptions for women and children leaving abusers was ‘hidden’ in government guidance, a leading charity said
Former children’s commissioner aimed a swipe at Gavin Williamson and said government ‘overlooked’ young people
Philip Banfield echoes National Audit Office warning about lack of gowns – and criticises standard of NHS-issue masks
Vaughan Gething accuses UK ministers including Matt Hancock of hampering Welsh pandemic prep by refusing to engage
There were no specialist ‘high consequence infectious disease’ units in Wales, Frank Atherton told the Covid inquiry
The former health secretary criticised local councils, civil servants and the World Health Organisation over UK failures
Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
