Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s former deputy chief medical officer, said Operation Moonshot ‘didn’t make any sense’
Scheme ‘reversed’ health advice and is ‘highly likely’ to have increased Covid deaths, says former chief adviser
The former chief scientific adviser’s diaries also noted Johnson’s ability to understand data was ‘awful’
More damning WhatsApps have described the chaos in Downing Street during the early stages of the pandemic
The Covid-19 inquiry has heard from the UK’s former top civil servant how the government should have acted sooner
A Covid inquiry witness also claims to have been present for Johnson’s infamous ‘let the bodies pile high’ comment
Staff complained prime minister was repeating mistakes he made in March 2020 ahead of Xmas lockdown, inquiry hears
Scheme to boost restaurant attendance went ahead without input of Chris Whitty, Patrick Vallance or SAGE, inquiry told
We know there was chaos at the heart of Number 10. Now we’re hearing about how it impacted vital decisions
When you see these figures had such disregard for each other, you can only imagine the disregard they had for us
But the Department of Health official said at the time the decision was ‘completely rational’ given what was known
Decisions on Covid measures did not properly consider domestic abuse, PPE, childcare or pregnancy, inquiry told
