Arguments over NHS funding and future pandemic preparations marked the end of the opening phase of public hearings
Lawyers for the victims' families took aim at those they hold responsible for leaving the UK unprepared for Covid
UK was not equipped to deal with Covid deaths, bereaved families tell inquiry as Module 1 concludes
Philip Banfield echoes National Audit Office warning about lack of gowns – and criticises standard of NHS-issue masks
The levelling up secretary defended the government's decision to focus on no-deal Brexit over a potential pandemic
Bereaved families have called for action against the former prime minister, who claims he can’t unlock his old phone
“Major engineering and structural changes” were made to improve equipment when Covid hit, a health expert has said
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
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
A 2018 document reveals concerns were raised that ‘underfunded’ public health sector would collapse in an emergency
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
