Boris Johnson blames NHS ‘bed blocking’ for first Covid lockdown
Boris Johnson has blamed “bed blocking” in the NHS for locking down the country as Covid took hold, the public inquiry has heard. In a section of his witness statement
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Hancock wanted to decide ‘who should live and who should die’ – former NHS boss
Matt Hancock wanted to decide “who should live and who should die” if hospitals became overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, the former NHS England boss has claimed. Lord Simon Stevens (pictured),
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Vulnerable care home resident secures ‘landmark’ settlement following ‘regime of abuse’
A vulnerable former care home resident has secured the High Court’s approval of a “landmark” settlement of his legal claim over the abuse he suffered at the hands of staff.
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County councils ‘running out of road’ to stop insolvency due to £4bn funding gap
England’s largest councils are “running out of road” with almost half saying they are unsure if they can balance their budgets next year. The County Councils Network (CCN) warned on
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Sir Bobby Charlton died five days after a fall at care home, inquest hears
Manchester United and England great Sir Bobby Charlton died five days after a fall at his care home, an inquest has heard. The hearing into the death of the 86-year-old
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‘Hundreds of officials and potentially ministers’ broke Covid rules on daily basis – MacNamara
Coronavirus rules were broken on a daily basis at the heart of government, with hundreds of civil servants and potentially ministers at risk of being fined, a former top official
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Messages reveal Cummings’ frustrations with claims Hancock ‘killed people’ in pandemic
Dominic Cummings claimed that Matt Hancock had “killed people” as health secretary during the pandemic, according to WhatsApp messages shared with the Covid inquiry. The ex-health secretary was criticised by
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Leicester City Council leader says bankruptcy a ‘real prospect’ for authority
The leader of Leicester City Council has warned that bankruptcy is a “real prospect” for the authority without further government support. Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby (pictured) said the council was
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Ex-communications chief tells inquiry Eat Out to Help Out ‘made absolutely no sense whatsoever’
The Eat Out to Help Out scheme and the policy of sending people back to work during the pandemic “made absolutely no sense whatsoever”, Boris Johnson’s former director of communications
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Bereaved families call for national inquiry into England’s maternity services
Families whose babies have died or been harmed at the hands of the NHS have come together to call for a full statutory inquiry into England’s maternity services. The Maternity
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