An elderly woman was forced to stay in a hospital ward rife with coronavirus, her daughter has told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry. Margaret Kilpatrick (pictured) told the inquiry that her
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A woman whose husband was in a care home during the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic said she was made to feel like a “nuisance” by staff, an inquiry
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Highly-confusing and complex coronavirus laws were difficult to understand for both the police and the public, former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has said. The senior Conservative told the Covid
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Boris Johnson demanded that “bigger fines” be emphasised as he unwound lockdown restrictions, according to a handwritten note exhibiting “crushing irony” that has been shown to the Covid Inquiry. As
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Police had to put off enforcing new coronavirus laws because they only received the legislation signed off by Matt Hancock 16 minutes before it was meant to be enforced, the
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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has rejected claims he and his deputy misled Holyrood as opposition leaders slated his Government’s dealings with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Pressed by Scottish Conservative
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Former Cabinet secretary Lord Mark Sedwill has apologised for a “heartless” seeming suggestion that chicken pox-style parties could have been held for coronavirus early in the pandemic. The ex-national security
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Boris Johnson considered injecting himself with Covid-19 on TV to show it did not pose a threat – but later said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than
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A woman missed being with her mother when she died in a care home by seconds because of Covid restrictions during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Natasha Hamilton (pictured)
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The evidence heard at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in recent days is a “shocking indictment” of the Government, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. A week of high-profile witnesses,
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