‘So f***ed’: Advisers said Johnson learnt nothing from first Covid wave Staff complained prime minister was repeating mistakes he made in March 2020 ahead of Xmas lockdown, inquiry hears
Top scientists were not consulted on Eat Out to Help Out scheme Scheme to boost restaurant attendance went ahead without input of Chris Whitty, Patrick Vallance or SAGE, inquiry told
Covid inquiry: What we learnt this week (it wasn't all foul-mouthed rants) We know there was chaos at the heart of Number 10. Now we’re hearing about how it impacted vital decisions
This week’s Covid inquiry revelations were even worse than we feared When you see these figures had such disregard for each other, you can only imagine the disregard they had for us
UK was ‘at least a week late’ with first Covid lockdown, inquiry told But the Department of Health official said at the time the decision was ‘completely rational’ given what was known
Ex-NHS chief refuses to say whether Matt Hancock lied during pandemic When pushed, Simon Stevens told the Covid inquiry that the former health secretary was truthful ‘for the most part’
Lack of female perspective had ‘significant’ impact on Covid policies Decisions on Covid measures did not properly consider domestic abuse, PPE, childcare or pregnancy, inquiry told