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Civil servants discussed chickenpox Covid comparisons as late as mid-March 2020

Sir Christopher Wormald remains the permanent secretary in the Department of Health and appeared before the inquiry on Thursday.

The Independent UK

‘The blame game’: revelations from health officials at UK Covid inquiry

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock wanted to decide who should live and who should die during Covid – former NHS boss

Dominic Cummings asked whether the true problem was him ‘calling Hancock “a lying c*** killing people’” or ‘Hancock actually being a lying c*** killing people’

The Independent UK

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Dominic Cummings: former Boris Johnson adviser's side hustle as an after-dinner speaker

The former Downing Street adviser offers insights about politics and history

Evening Standard

Hancock wanted to decide ‘who should live and who should die’ – former NHS boss

Lord Simon Stevens, who led NHS England, largely refused to criticise the former health secretary during his appearance before the Covid inquiry.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson blames NHS ‘bed blocking’ for first Covid lockdown

Mr Johnson said NHS and social services had ‘failed to grip the decades old problem of delayed discharges’.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: Hancock ‘wanted to decide who should live or die’ if NHS overwhelmed

‘Fortunately this horrible dilemma never crystallised,’ former NHS England head Simon Stevens tells inquiry

The Guardian - UK

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Covid inquiry live: Hancock ‘wanted to decide who should live or die if NHS became overwhelmed’

Lord Simon Stevens says Cabinet ministers ‘avoided’ Cobra meetings chaired by then-health secretary

The Independent UK

Dominic Cummings' outburst against female civil servant may put off women off politics

Cabinet minister Michelle Donelan told of her concerns about the impact of Cummings' 'violent and misogynistic' messages

Evening Standard

Cummings’ comments risk putting women off politics, warns Cabinet minister

Michelle Donelan said she is concerned about the impact of Dominic Cummings’ comments might have on women considering a career in Westminster.

The Independent UK

The Covid inquiry has exposed more than just a few bad apples – the whole system is rotten

The state was completely unprepared for the pandemic – and the next crisis won’t wait for us to fix it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: Australians reportedly escape Gaza, Abbott’s ‘climate cult’ rant, minister’s Qantas meetings

The former prime minister has lashed out at ‘implausible’ climate theory, and we reveal talks between Catherine King and ex-airline boss Alan Joyce

The Guardian - AU

Dead cats and hairdryers: Dominic Cummings’ evidence to Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave in-person and written evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings was in my Uni posse of ‘wastrels’ – I can’t believe they let him so close to power

Arrogant, provocative and awkward is how Lebby Eyres remembers the man who once had the ear of the prime minister during one of the biggest crises the country has ever faced. So not much has changed since the student days of the ‘rambler-in-chief’ then...

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Covid inquiry: 'Macho' culture and 'obvious sexism' in No10 'damaged Covid response', says Helen MacNamara

Ms MacNamara, the deputy cabinet secretary during the pandemic, says Boris Johnson let country down by not tackling 'toxic' culture

The Guardian - UK

So No 10 was run by donkeys who went to Oxbridge. My dog could have done better

Helen MacNamara may reveal more soul than Boris and co during Covid, but she still thought the rules didn’t apply to her

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson asked if blowing hairdryer up nose could kill Covid, says ex-aide Cummings

Ex-top aide claims then-PM could have leaked fake news to media in new bombshell evidence

The Guardian - UK

Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

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The Independent UK

Johnson ‘asked Whitty and Vallance if special hair dryer could kill Covid’

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson said 'British state had totally failed'

FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson asked scientists if it was possible to kill Covid by blowing a hairdryer up your nose after watching a YouTube…

Evening Standard

Who is Helen MacNamara? The former minister at the centre of misogyny claims during Covid inquiry

Dominic Cummings' WhatsApp messages 'were both surprising and not surprising to me,' Helen MacNamara said

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings has every right to badmouth Boris Johnson. But please stop picking on shopping trolleys

This blameless piece of equipment has been dragged through the mud at the Covid inquiry. How dare anyone compare it to our former prime minister?

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s No 10 was toxic, sexist and devoid of humanity, says ex-top civil servant

Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry of ‘macho’ culture where ‘hundreds’ broke rules on daily basis

The Guardian - UK

‘Absence of humanity’: Helen MacNamara’s evidence to Covid inquiry

Former deputy cabinet secretary describes misogyny, lack of planning and over-confidence in government’s pandemic response

The Conversation

Dominic Cummings has exposed a hole at the heart of the British government – and a glaring problem with the way we choose prime ministers

The COVID inquiry is possibly the most sophisticated and wide-ranging blame game that has ever played out in British politics. That said, the great benefit of public inquiries, as opposed to parliamentary scrutiny, is that their breadth allows for an exploration of issues in a way that promotes “cool thinking”…

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