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Published in: Home: NewsCovid inquiry first phase ends with shot at ‘critically under-resourced’ NHS
Arguments over NHS funding and future pandemic preparations marked the end of the opening phase of public hearings
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Published in: Home: NewsCovid inquiry has no plan to sanction Boris Johnson over missing messages
Bereaved families have called for action against the former prime minister, who claims he can’t unlock his old phone
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Published in: Home: NewsResults of pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
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Published in: Home: NewsWas Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning?
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
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Published in: Home: NewsFormer health secretary Jeremy Hunt faces public Covid inquiry for first time
Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
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Published in: Home: NewsLockdowns not considered in UK’s emergency plans, Covid inquiry hears
A senior civil servant said the government's planning was focused on a no-deal Brexit and flu pandemics
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment won’t claim it ‘did everything right’ during the pandemic
It marks a change in tone from Boris Johnson's claims that he and the Tory government got the “big calls right”
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Published in: Home: NewsFamilies cite ‘catastrophic failure’ of Welsh government to prepare for Covid
Families in Wales who lost loved ones to Covid-19 feel let down by their leaders, representative tells UK inquiry
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Published in: Home: NewsBereaved families’ hardship will be recognised, vows Covid inquiry chair
Families’ lawyers demand answers over role of discrimination in determining who died
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Published in: Home: NewsTory-linked PR firm is no longer working on Covid inquiry, lawyer confirms
Involvement of 23Red seems to have discouraged bereaved families from engaging with inquiry’s ‘listening exercise’
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Bereaved families denied a voice as Covid-19 inquiry begins
Not one of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice’s 20 witnesses has been called to speak in the inquiry’s first module
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Published in: Home: NewsCovid-19 inquiry appears to distance itself from Tory-linked PR firms
Revealed: Official inquiry into the pandemic is looking for ‘new partners’ to continue work by M&C Saatchi and 23Red
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Published in: Home: News‘What’s the point?’ Covid inquiry slammed for ignoring structural racism
Lawyer for bereaved families says it is ‘shocking’ that inquiry won’t examine impact of racism on mortality rates
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Published in: Home: OpinionWe’re fundraising for a reporter to cover the Covid inquiry – all of it
We want to report on every day of the Covid-19 inquiry. Will you help us keep holding the government accountable?
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Published in: Home: NewsCovid inquiry hires Tory-linked PR firms to manage bereaved families
Exclusive: 23Red and M&C Saatchi did government PR during the pandemic. Families say ‘conflict of interest is obvious’