‘It’s killing her’: Council leaves people with mould, mice and broken toilets A London council has been accused of abandoning vulnerable tenants – including a disabled woman – in unsafe flats
Key takeaways as Whitty and Vallance give evidence to Covid inquiry Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
Insulate Britain activists say new anti-protest laws won’t stop disruption People arrested for protesting outside court say Suella Braverman’s latest clampdown won’t deter them
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt faces public Covid inquiry for first time Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
Deputy PM defends pause of pandemic prep to plan for no-deal Brexit Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’
Child Q: Not enough done to avoid repeat of racist incident, report finds An updated review on progress since Child Q has revealed that racism and inequality are present in all public bodies
UK didn’t invest in public health – Cameron and May’s chief medical officer Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies