“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 past year has seen huge strikes. But the first steps taken by people new to workplace organising are big, too
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
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
Exclusive: A new report on public sector digitisation has raised concerns over outsourcing and transparency
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
We’re watching a global failure to protect life unfold in the pursuit of profit. Here’s what needs to happen instead
