The levelling up secretary defended the government's decision to focus on no-deal Brexit over a potential pandemic
“Major engineering and structural changes” were made to improve equipment when Covid hit, a health expert has said
Exclusive: National Farmers’ Union boasted about months of lobbying to weaken enforcement of environmental regulation
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
The government is also facing legal action over its automated system that decides which couples are investigated
Press officers were told to “ignore” enquiries about the Mountbatten diaries, saying: “Let the answerphone get it”
Journalists face extraordinary legal risks to investigate shareholdings in Britain’s biggest companies
A 2018 document reveals concerns were raised that ‘underfunded’ public health sector would collapse in an emergency
Could Corbyn’s reception at events like Bradford Literature Festival say anything about the future of British politics?
Exclusive: Bankers have pocketed a wage rise while telling ordinary Brits to “accept” being poorer
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
