The Cabinet Office has lost its judicial review of the inquiry’s decision to force disclosure of unredacted messages
Lack of ministers hampered Covid response, says Denis McMahon, and crucial policies barely mentioned risk of pandemic
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
Vaughan Gething accuses UK ministers including Matt Hancock of hampering Welsh pandemic prep by refusing to engage
There were no specialist ‘high consequence infectious disease’ units in Wales, Frank Atherton told the Covid inquiry
The former first minister also said she “deeply regrets” the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s pandemic preparedness
Hospitals had not completed vital PPE preparations when Covid hit – despite concerns being raised in 2018
The former health secretary criticised local councils, civil servants and the World Health Organisation over UK failures
A November 2019 document shows the government chose not to prioritise adult social care in its flu pandemic plans
Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’
