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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Women and children experienced an “intensification” of domestic abuse during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry was told measures such as lockdown created a situation that
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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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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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People with long Covid were “not believed” and had “no place to go” for support, an umbrella body for health and social care has told an inquiry. Sara Redmond, chief
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A senior Tory MSP has spoken about how his mother died alone and “without family contact” in a care home during the Covid pandemic. Murdo Fraser (pictured) questioned if strict
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