Graham Medley also tells UK Covid-19 inquiry that risk of NHS being overwhelmed was first raised in February 2020
Members of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies needed counselling and security advice
It’s been clear for a while that Keir Starmer’s Labour is embracing big business. Its conference confirmed it
The UK home secretary has said displaying Palestinian flags could be illegal, in an ‘assault on basic rights’
Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale
The Covid inquiry has heard how a low-tech data operation left Downing Street scrambling as lockdown was announced
The US achieved nothing in the Middle East, but millions of civilians paid the price – the same will be true now
Simon Case asked cabinet secretary predecessor Gus O’Donnell for help managing warring factions, inquiry hears
The company’s CEO told the audience he didn’t know why there was no worker representation on the panel
Boris Johnson worried that working with leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland could look like a ‘mini EU’
Experts said measures excluded disabled people and there should have been safe spaces for the LGBTIQ+ community
The Adam Smith Institute, which does not declare its UK funders, said it is set to announce a Labour peer as a patron
