Sturgeon’s chief of staff Liz Lloyd tells Covid inquiry trying to engage with UK prime minister was ‘pointless’
A policing expert has slammed Priti Patel’s claims that fining people for lockdown breaches helped stop virus’s spread
Catherine Calderwood won’t give evidence on the Scottish government’s Covid response ‘due to ill health’
Exchanges among Scotland’s top medical advisers have shed more light on controversial advice to clear chat logs
Care home deaths soared as Holyrood took two months to introduce testing for outgoing hospital patients, inquiry hears
UK Covid inquiry heard how Scottish workers suffered due to cuts that left public services ‘ill-equipped’ for crisis
Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government failed to ‘effectively consult’ marginalised groups, Covid inquiry is told
Sunak told MPs that scientific advice had been taken ‘at all steps’ during Covid. That’s not what the inquiry has heard
The Welsh first minister’s refusal to set up a Covid inquiry for Wales is a disgrace. His successor must commit to one
‘Misogyny at heart of government’ led to spike in domestic violence as women were trapped with abusers, inquiry told
‘Awkward things called facts and evidence’ undermined evidence of former UK PM Boris Johnson, hearing told
