Early Covid pandemic saw Number 10 sharing data on ‘scraps of paper’
The Covid inquiry has heard how a low-tech data operation left Downing Street scrambling as lockdown was announced
James Harrison
Downing Street pandemic infighting ‘far more difficult’ than Blair vs Brown
Simon Case asked cabinet secretary predecessor Gus O’Donnell for help managing warring factions, inquiry hears
Ministers feared Covid would be ‘federalist Trojan horse’ for devolved nations
Boris Johnson worried that working with leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland could look like a ‘mini EU’
Disabled people an ‘afterthought’ in pandemic response, Covid inquiry told
Experts said measures excluded disabled people and there should have been safe spaces for the LGBTIQ+ community
Covid inquiry first phase ends with shot at ‘critically under-resourced’ NHS
Arguments over NHS funding and future pandemic preparations marked the end of the opening phase of public hearings
Covid bereaved families slam David Cameron and George Osborne over austerity
Lawyers for the victims' families took aim at those they hold responsible for leaving the UK unprepared for Covid
Covid bereaved say loved ones were treated ‘like toxic waste’ after death
UK was not equipped to deal with Covid deaths, bereaved families tell inquiry as Module 1 concludes