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The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and ‘oscillation’ on key lockdown decisions

The Independent UK

Government ‘chaos’ under Boris Johnson and failure to tackle Covid cost 23,000 lives, inquiry finds

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was highly critical of former prime minister Boris Johnson and his team

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry latest: Bereaved families hit out at Johnson’s ‘deafening silence’ over pandemic mistakes

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK campaign group said Boris Johnson’s pandemic actions were a ‘grave betrayal’ of the British public

The Independent UK

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Covid inquiry hears of ‘grievous harm’ suffered by children behind closed doors

The latest module of the inquiry will also examine the impact of learning moving online in lockdowns.

Evening Standard

Ministers launch resilience academy to prepare for future crises such as Covid

The UK Resilience Academy will train more than 4,000 people working in both public services and the private sector each year to deal with crises.

The Independent UK

Mone accuses Covid Inquiry of ‘cover-up’ after core participant bid rejected

Their first bid for special access, which came 468 days after the deadline of November 17 2023, was rejected at the end of February.

The Independent UK

Not having time to scrutinise PPE contracts ‘source of frustration’ – Barclay

The former chief secretary to the Treasury was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

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Baroness Mone’s second ‘core participant’ bid rejected by Covid inquiry

Baroness Heather Hallett, the inquiry’s chairwoman, warned allowing the application to continue would “cause significant disruption”.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry throws out bid by Michelle Mone ahead of private hearing

The couple, who are linked to PPE Medpro, had requested access to documents and get advance notice of the report’s findings

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry rejects bid from Mone to be ‘core participant’

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry began four weeks of scrutiny of decisions to purchase personal protective equipment on Monday.

Evening Standard

Minister said NHS could use Dyson ventilators to help firm’s marketing, Covid inquiry told

Machines could be marketed as ‘used in UK hospitals’ after James Dyson responded to call from PM, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry evidence on Mone-linked PPE firm to be heard in closed session

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett ruled there would be a risk of harm or damage to any possible criminal trial relating to the firm.

The Independent UK

'Realistic chance' of charges in Michelle Mone-linked probe, crime agency says

THERE is a “realistic" chance that criminal charges will follow the ongoing investigation into Covid contracts handed to a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland)

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

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The Independent 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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - 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

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The Independent 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

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 Guardian - 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 National (Scotland)

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…

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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