Delays in UK Covid response to blame for ‘rollercoaster’ of lockdowns, inquiry told
Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale
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Early Covid pandemic saw Number 10 sharing data on ‘scraps of paper’
The Covid inquiry has heard how a low-tech data operation left Downing Street scrambling as lockdown was announced
Downing Street pandemic infighting ‘far more difficult’ than Blair vs Brown
Simon Case asked cabinet secretary predecessor Gus O’Donnell for help managing warring factions, inquiry hears
Deliveroo’s gig economy event at Labour conference featured no riders...again
The company’s CEO told the audience he didn’t know why there was no worker representation on the panel
Ministers feared Covid would be ‘federalist Trojan horse’ for devolved nations
Boris Johnson worried that working with leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland could look like a ‘mini EU’
Disabled people an ‘afterthought’ in pandemic response, Covid inquiry told
Experts said measures excluded disabled people and there should have been safe spaces for the LGBTIQ+ community
Right-wing think tank set to ‘expand network’ into Labour Party
The Adam Smith Institute, which does not declare its UK funders, said it is set to announce a Labour peer as a patron