Laura Oliver is covering the UK's official Covid-19 inquiry for openDemocracy. She has been a digital journalist and trainer since 2007, with bylines for The Guardian and the BBC. She has also worked with the Solutions Journalism Network and is a former visiting lecturer at City University.
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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: NewsNo one told me about pandemic risks, says former NI deputy Michelle O’Neill
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
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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: NewsScotland had to drop PPE planning when pandemic hit, admits medical chief
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
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Published in: Home: NewsNicola Sturgeon told off for bashing Brexit at Covid inquiry
The former first minister also said she “deeply regrets” the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s pandemic preparedness
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Published in: Home: NewsUK still doesn’t keep public safe from pandemics, experts tell Covid inquiry
Experts on emergency planning and management give frank assessment of UK’s preparedness as public hearings continue
