Senior figures in Downing Street presided over a toxic ‘macho’ culture that sidelined women, Helen MacNamara says
Boris Johnson’s top adviser complained that he was having to ‘dodge stilettos’ from UK’s most senior female civil servant
Former prime minister said he agreed that ‘we should let the old people get it’, today’s Covid inquiry heard
The prime minister’s ‘oscillating’ was partly to blame for a 10-day delay in announcing a national lockdown
Explosive claim about former prime minister based on notebooks from his one-time aide, Imran Shafi
Former aide Martin Reynolds tells Covid inquiry he “cannot recall” why PM was given no updates for ten days
Martin Reynolds turned on the setting as plans for the official probe took shape, inquiry hears
Tory MP Greg Clark has been accused of misrepresenting SAGE’s pandemic advice in latest Covid inquiry hearing
A Cabinet Office scientist who raised concerns over ‘stay alert’ was told it was ‘too late’. SAGE was not even asked
A long Covid expert said the PM’s scepticism made no sense because ‘the science was already quite compelling’
Messages from Simon Case, Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings document tension at the heart of government during Covid
Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale
