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Covid Inquiry latest: Lord Sedwill joked he wanted Matt Hancock sacked 'to save lives and protect the NHS'

The Covid-19 Inquiry is hearing from Lord Mark Sedwill, the former head of the civil service who departed Government amid reported clashes with Dominic Cummings.

Evening Standard

Wednesday briefing: Should a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day be banned?

In today’s newsletter: The Metropolitan police has resisted calls to ban a march in support of a ceasefire in Gaza – but that may not be the end of the story

The Guardian - UK

South Korea launches campaign to squash bedbugs after outbreak takes hold

Bedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions after Covid-19 pandemic they’re back

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Life expectancy dropped in Australia during COVID

The life expectancy of Australians dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but statisticians say it's nothing to worry about.

AAP

With rising mental health problems but a shortage of services, group therapy is offering new hope

The needs of people with mental health problems are increasing globally, especially following the turbulence of COVID.

The Conversation

Real incomes ‘will not return to pre-Covid levels until 2026 for many families’

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said interest rates are likely to have peaked at 5.25%.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson suggested injecting himself with Covid-19 live on television

BORIS Johnson "wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television" to calm public fears, the Covid Inquiry has heard.

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Simon Case said he'd 'never seen a group of people less well equipped to run a country', Covid inquiry hears

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid live on TV, inquiry told

Covid inquiry also heard how Boris Johnson would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than order second lockdown

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’

The then-prime minister later said he would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than impose a second lockdown, a top aide told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Top officials called Johnson’s No 10 ‘mad’ and ‘poisonous’, Covid inquiry hears

Cabinet Office’s Simon Case told cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill: ‘I’ve never seen people less well-equipped to run a country’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson did offered to be injected with Covid live on TV, former chief of staff tells inquiry

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

Evening Standard

Why few kids are getting the COVID shot

COVID vaccines were once hailed as life savers. Now there is profound disinterest in vaccinating kids. What gives?

Salon

UK happiness levels fall but Scotland records improvement

Levels of personal wellbeing among the UK population have fallen over the past year but are still higher than during the Covid pandemic, a new…

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Johnson spoke of ‘whisky and revolver’ at Covid meeting in October 2020

The former prime minister spoke about ‘medieval measures’ to tackle the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

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Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week

The Guardian - UK

Australia rejected millions of face masks provided by PPE Medpro suppliers

Exclusive: Suppliers for firm linked to UK peer Michelle Mone helped source Covid masks for Australian government that were found unusable

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The Guardian - AU

Australian government paid millions for unusable Covid face masks from obscure online retailer

Exclusive: almost 46m masks turned out to be unusable after $100m in contracts were awarded to company with little apparent pre-pandemic experience in PPE supply

The Guardian - AU

Trouble brewing: Australian brewers struggle in ‘craft beer recession’

Across the country craft breweries are entering administration, hit by Covid-era debts, excise tax and rising costs

The Independent UK

Eat Out to Help Out ‘blindsided’ top officials, Covid inquiry is told

Former head of the Cabinet Office Covid-19 taskforce Simon Ridley became the latest top official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe this week.

The Guardian - UK

What’s in Nadine Dorries’s book? A pile of dead cats big enough to kill that phrase for good

From sex scandals to alleged arson, the former culture secretary’s new book is not short of explosive claims, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Health officials was ‘not concerned’ about Covid patients in care homes months into pandemic, inquiry hears

Simon Ridley also claimed he was “blindsided” by Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The Conversation

Letting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research

The share of low-income U.S. families experiencing food insufficiency – sometimes or often not having enough food to eat – fell from 24.5% to 22.5% at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we found in a new study published in the November 2023 issue of Food Policy.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Johnson pushed repeatedly against autumn lockdown, inquiry told

Covid investigation also told taskforce coordinating pandemic policy had no warning of ‘eat out to help out’

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