Covid inquiry has no plan to sanction Boris Johnson over missing messages
Bereaved families have called for action against the former prime minister, who claims he can’t unlock his old phone
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
Was Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning?
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
Northern Ireland: Health sector known to be at risk of failure since 2018
A 2018 document reveals concerns were raised that ‘underfunded’ public health sector would collapse in an emergency
Brexit prep forced Northern Ireland to ‘cannibalise’ departments before Covid
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
Bereaved families’ relief as High Court rules against government
The Cabinet Office has lost its judicial review of the inquiry’s decision to force disclosure of unredacted messages
Key Northern Ireland emergency documents years out of date before pandemic
Lack of ministers hampered Covid response, says Denis McMahon, and crucial policies barely mentioned risk of pandemic
Outsourcing public services could breach government's own data privacy laws
Exclusive: A new report on public sector digitisation has raised concerns over outsourcing and transparency