The Latest Breaking News on Patrick Vallance concerned at Government’s ‘operational response’ during Covid

Sir Michael McBride made his comments as he was giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.

The leader of Plaid Cymru writes for WalesOnline to argue that the evidence of Vaughan Gething and Mark Drakeford at the UK Covid Inquiry shows clearly why Wales needs its own Covid inquiry

Inquiry hears of communication problems and lack of preparedness for pandemic

"If I had read that, I think that I almost certainly would have asked more questions and asked for more assurance about what was happening."

The First Minister gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday afternoon.

Decision to reopen the investigation into the Christmas party at Tory headquarters comes after ‘new evidence’ was provided to officers

Sir Frank Atherton told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that planning for potential future health emergencies had all but stopped by 2019.

Two judges are due to give their ruling in the bid over the former prime minister’s unredacted WhatsApps and diaries at a later date.

Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was “completely wrong”. According to Hancock, the doctrine was “to plan for the consequences of a disaster” rather than stopping or containing the virus in the first place.