Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale
The Covid inquiry has heard how a low-tech data operation left Downing Street scrambling as lockdown was announced
Simon Case asked cabinet secretary predecessor Gus O’Donnell for help managing warring factions, inquiry hears
Boris Johnson worried that working with leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland could look like a ‘mini EU’
Experts said measures excluded disabled people and there should have been safe spaces for the LGBTIQ+ community
Exemptions for women and children leaving abusers was ‘hidden’ in government guidance, a leading charity said
Former children’s commissioner aimed a swipe at Gavin Williamson and said government ‘overlooked’ young people
Lack of data on older ethnic minority people due to underfunding was ‘particularly concerning’, Covid inquiry hears
UK fashion industry still owes Cambodian garment workers for unpaid wages during the pandemic
Whitty told the editor of The Lancet medical journal: “I basically don’t think you understand what we are doing”
Cabinet Office request for evidence to be returned comes after it was made to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps
Arguments over NHS funding and future pandemic preparations marked the end of the opening phase of public hearings
