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The correct response to a disaster like Covid is to plan for the next one. I don’t see Britain doing it

Think local, listen to the experts and get diverse voices in the room, says emergency planner Lucy Easthope

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt apologises for Covid failings and admits being part of ministerial ‘groupthink’

The former health secretary said he was one of many who ‘over prepared for pandemic flu’ and ‘didn’t think about other types of pandemic’

The Independent UK

Don’t leave Covid and Grenfell inquiries to ‘gather dust’, families tell Starmer

Coalition of groups calls on government to set up body to monitor whether recommendations are acted upon

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Starmer ended his first week as popular as Boris Johnson was at the height of the vaccine rollout

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences

Citizens were failed by a lack of planning, and Lady Hallett wants a better system to be built fast

The Guardian - UK

Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

Covid-19 public inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has demanded ‘radical reform’ of UK’s pandemic plans

The Independent UK

Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens

An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens

The Independent UK

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Covid inquiry: The key government failings from Baroness Hallett’s first report

The damning report highlights several failures by the government during the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

Hubris and planning for wrong type of pandemic: five takeaways from Covid inquiry verdict

The pandemic caused ‘grief, untold misery and economic turmoil’ which could have been cut if the UK had been better prepared, report states

The Guardian - UK

UK Government 'failed' public leading to more deaths, Covid-19 inquiry finds

THE UK Government and the civil service “failed” the public due to “significant flaws” in preparing for the Covid-19 pandemic, a public…

The National (Scotland)

Covid Inquiry report exposes 'fatal strategic flaws' that meant pandemic cost more UK lives

‘Never again can a disease lead to so many deaths and so much suffering,’ chairwoman Baroness Hallett said

Evening Standard

Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

David Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemic

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry to finally lay bare failures of government and politicians during pandemic

Academics have said it is a question of ‘when not if’ another pandemic will hit

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry report live: UK pandemic plan failures set to be laid bare as Brexit likely to be blamed

Baroness Hallett to deliver report today on how prepared country was to face deadly outbreak when coronavirus hit

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Evening Standard

First Covid Inquiry report set to expose catalogue of failings during pandemic

Failures to prepare for a pandemic are expected to be laid bare on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

First Covid inquiry report to set out ‘appalling failures’ during pandemic

Catalogue of errors by government and health officials includes the deliberate winding down of PPE stockpiles

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry has cost £94m so far and could become most expensive probe of its kind

Figures published in the inquiry’s financial report show £15,180,000 was spent in the final quarter of 2023/24

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon ‘jumped the gun’ in banning mass gatherings early, Gove tells Covid inquiry

UK cabinet minister during pandemic adds that he was not inclined to believe Scottish first minister was acting maliciously

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The Guardian - UK

Official advised Humza Yousaf on how to avoid wearing mask, UK Covid inquiry hears

Senior official told Yousaf, then health secretary, that having a drink in his hand at dinners made him ‘exempt’

The Guardian - UK

Key Covid inquiry report creates election date headache for Sunak

Heather Hallett’s first findings are to be published before the summer and will show how austerity and Brexit hit pandemic planning

The Guardian - UK

Hugo Keith KC: dogged fact-finder at heart of Covid inquiry

Lead counsel’s quizzing of leading politicians, officials and scientists has brought him to national attention

The Guardian - UK

Baffled, punch-drunk Boris Johnson is forced to contemplate a moral universe

The former PM sneaked into the Covid inquiry and mumbled an apology. He was blindsided by the most obvious questions

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘trying to rewrite history’ before Covid inquiry appearance

Briefings of favourable stories to press have contained ‘usual lies and bluster’, bereaved families say

The Independent UK

Britain’s top civil servant won’t appear at Covid inquiry this year due to ill health

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett formally excused the cabinet secretary from giving evidence in 2023 ‘due to ill health’

Evening Standard

Jonathan Van-Tam tells Covid inquiry his family received death threats during pandemic

Threats about 'having their throats cut' led police to urge top scientist and his family to consider moving out of their home

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