Equalities minister: Covid help for ethnic minorities ‘would’ve been wrong’
Targeted support for people worst affected by Covid would have been ‘racial segregation’, Kemi Badenoch told inquiry
Laura Oliver
UK had enough data to lock down a week earlier, says government’s top scientist
Angela McLean also laid into Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out: ‘Can you not find another way to stimulate the economy?’
Boris Johnson asked if £37bn NHS Test and Trace was ‘achieving anything’
A Covid inquiry witness also claims to have been present for Johnson’s infamous ‘let the bodies pile high’ comment
Scientists proposed ‘cocooning’ carers to protect elderly from Covid, inquiry hears
One epidemiologist said he believes SAGE unfairly dismissed suggestion despite shielding failing to protect vulnerable
Government’s pandemic modellers ‘weren’t given key policy information’
Graham Medley also tells UK Covid-19 inquiry that risk of NHS being overwhelmed was first raised in February 2020
Publishing SAGE advice led to abuse of scientists, Covid inquiry told
Members of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies needed counselling and security advice
Delays in UK Covid response to blame for ‘rollercoaster’ of lockdowns, inquiry told
Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale