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    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Coronavirus
      Lockdowns cut infections during pandemic, UK Covid inquiry told

      Report says shutdowns, mask-wearing and border controls most effective in combination

      Shoppers and pedestrians walk past a sign advising social distancing in Oxford Street in London
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Boris Johnson
      UK Covid inquiry set to obtain Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

      Technical experts manage to retrieve data from former prime minister’s old mobile phone

      Boris Johnson
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Covid inquiry set to finally gain access to Johnson’s old mobile phone

      Former PM’s allies say he has confirmed the pin number for the device using government records

      Boris Johnson
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      Covid-19 inquiry still waiting for Boris Johnson phone messages

      Deadline passes for former PM to hand over information as Commons reprimands MPs for attacks on privileges committee

      Boris Johnson
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      UK government loses legal challenge over Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

      Decision on material for Covid-19 inquiry paves way for wider release of sensitive Whitehall pandemic documents

      Boris Johnson with smartphone
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      UK Health Security Agency
      UK health agency failed to account for £3.3bn of Covid inventory, say MPs

      UKHSA beset by lack of governance and weak financial controls, finds public accounts committee

      A nurse takes a swab at a Covid-19 drive-through testing station for NHS staff in March 2020
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Sturgeon admits Scotland’s Covid planning was ‘inadequate’

      Former first minister says diversion of resources to no-deal Brexit hindered pandemic strategy

      Nicola Sturgeon leaves the Covid-19 inquiry in London on Thursday
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      Matt Hancock says UK pandemic planning was skewed towards disaster clear-up

      Former health secretary tells Covid inquiry the country should have focused more on halting disease transmission

      Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry in London on Tuesday
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      UK lacked resources to scale up fight against Covid-19, inquiry told

      Ministers must make tough spending choices on preparedness between pandemics, warn Whitty and Vallance

      Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      Coronavirus
      UK pandemic planning held back by flawed assumptions, inquiry hears

      Ministers say ‘groupthink’ meant they were persuaded Britain was one of best prepared nations before Covid-19 struck

      Jeremy Hunt leaves Covid inquiry
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      Osborne insists austerity prepared UK well for pandemic

      Former chief medical officer blames disinvestment for the lack of resilience in public health when Covid struck

      Former Chancellor George Osborne leaves after giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry on Tuesday
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Coronavirus
      UK focused too much on flu preparedness, Cameron tells Covid inquiry

      Former Tory PM admits ‘consequences’ resulted from decision to focus less on other diseases

      David Cameron gives evidence to the Covid inquiry
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Brexit and austerity left UK badly prepared for pandemic, inquiry told

      Planning for leaving EU drained resources and public services were already weakened

      Members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice hold photos of relatives who died during the pandemic
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      Coronavirus
      UK Covid inquiry to launch amid continuing row over evidence

      Almost every aspect of pandemic will be put under microscope in investigations expected to last until 2026

      The Covid Memorial Wall opposite the Houses of Parliament in London
    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      UK politics
      Shapps defends Commons committee over Johnson allegations

      World has moved on from former PM, says cabinet minister, as Tory infighting continues

      Boris Johnson
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      The never-ending problem with public inquiries

      Examination of the UK’s Covid record is likely to be beset by cost and time overruns, with recommendations easily shelved

      Illustration of a Covid memorial wall with hearts and question marks
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      UK Covid inquiry accuses officials of dragging their feet with evidence

      Counsel for probe into handling of pandemic says delays are imposing ‘severe constraints’ on panel’s time

      People walk by the National Covid Memorial Wall in London
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      Boris Johnson at risk of losing Covid inquiry legal funding, Whitehall warns

      Former prime minister told that publicly provided advice will be withdrawn if he undermines the government

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Johnson to give unredacted WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry

      Move to bypass Cabinet Office is blow to UK government, which has taken legal action to block release

      Boris Johnson
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      UK government takes legal action over Boris Johnson’s Covid messages

      Cabinet office reveals former PM’s WhatsApp communications only date back to May 2021

      Boris Johnson
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Boris Johnson hands over messages and diaries to government

      Former prime minister urges Cabinet Office to ‘urgently’ disclose information to investigators before Thursday deadline

      Boris Johnson
    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Cabinet Office in stand-off with Covid inquiry over Johnson messages

      Tensions between investigators and ministers build as government refuses to hand over unredacted information

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Covid inquiry orders full disclosure of Johnson’s diaries

      Investigation into pandemic rejects Cabinet Office’s move to provide redacted information

      Boris Johnson at a gathering in 10 Downing Street for the departure of a special adviser in November 2020
    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Covid inquiry to scrutinise Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

      Downing Street internal communications and cabinet minutes requested during probe’s second phase

      Boris Johnson addresses a press conference in Downing Street on March 16 2020
    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK Covid inquiry launches with vow to be ‘listening exercise’

      Tens of thousands of people expected to provide testimony in wide-ranging probe into Britain’s response and preparedness

      Pedestrians walk past the national Covid memorial wall in London, opposite the Houses of Parliament
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