The Cabinet Office’s refusal to hand over requested documents to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is “corrosive” and will damage confidence in the process, the opening hearing has been told. Sam
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Opposition parties have renewed calls for an amendment to a Government law in order to close so-called “VIP lane” loopholes for public contracts. The proposed changes to the Procurement Bill
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The argument over transparency between the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and the Government has widened after the chairwoman heard that WhatsApp submissions from senior aides had been redacted. Hugo Keith KC
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The Government is still being “too slow” to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has also
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The chairwoman of the Covid inquiry would surely be left with no choice but to resign if the Government wins its legal fight over access to ministers’ WhatsApp messages, a
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock has apologised for a rule breach after he lobbied the Commons’ standards commissioner during an investigation into a Conservative MP. Mr Hancock committed the “minor
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has appointed a chief executive to help investigate the Government’s response to the pandemic. Ian Duddy, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, will begin his
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Boris Johnson has handed his unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Cabinet Office, as the former prime minister called on the Government to “urgently disclose” the material to the
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Members of the public have been invited to share the lessons they believe should be learned from the Scottish Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Let’s Be Heard: Sharing Scotland’s
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Government support for UK care homes during the pandemic was withdrawn too soon, according to a new study into the financial impact of Covid-19. The report, entitled Bailed Out and
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