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Osborne rejects claims austerity depleted NHS ahead of coronavirus pandemic

The former chancellor argued his cuts may have better prepared Britain to combat Covid-19.

The Independent UK

Britain remains ‘wildly under-resilient’, Covid inquiry hears

Oliver Letwin, who led emergency planning during coalition, says churn of ministers and officials is ‘disaster for country’

The Guardian - UK

Watch live: George Osborne gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

Watch live as George Osborne gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday, 20 June.

The Independent UK

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Covid Inquiry: What we learned on the day austerity PM David Cameron gave evidence

David Cameron became the first politician to give evidence to Covid Inquiry as he faced questions on the UK's preparedness and cuts to public services between 2010 and 2016

Daily Mirror

David Cameron admits series of failures in his government’s pandemic preparations

Ex-PM defends austerity programme that unions said meant the NHS ‘didn’t stand a fighting chance’

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron heckled 'shame on you' after defending Tory cuts at Covid Inquiry

David Cameron faced questions over the austerity cuts to public services under his leadership between 2010 and 2016 as he became the first politician to be grilled by the Covid Inquiry

Daily Mirror

David Cameron and George Osborne to blame for NHS’s ‘disastrous’ Covid response, BMA claims

The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS

The Independent UK

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Cameron and Osborne must be ‘taken to task’ for austerity at Covid inquiry – BMA

The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS.

The Independent UK

UK Covid inquiry: what we learned from the first week of the hearings

Government’s readiness for pandemic, health inequalities and testimonies of bereaved families featured at opening of inquiry

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt to give evidence at Covid inquiry next week

Former prime minister David Cameron and his then chancellor George Osborne will give evidence about how prepared the country was for a pandemic to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry next week.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry: lawyers voice ‘alarm’ over short time slot for David Cameron

Former PM to be questioned on Monday, with George Osborne, Jeremy Hunt and Oliver Dowden also slated to give evidence

The Guardian - UK

Austerity chiefs David Cameron and George Osborne hauled before Covid Inquiry next week

The former Prime Minister and his Chancellor are understood to be on the Covid Inquiry witness list next week, where they will likely face questions on how brutal Tory cuts undermined the NHS, social care and welfare state

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries blasts Rishi Sunak and top aide as 'privileged posh boys'

The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Daily Mirror

No-deal Brexit ‘crowded out’ UK’s preparations for pandemic, Covid inquiry hears

Boris’s threatened no-deal exit from the EU drained Whitehall of ‘resources and capacity’, says inquiry lawyer

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Daily Mirror

Covid-19 Inquiry: What is happening this week and why it matters

More than three years on from the first lockdown, the Inquiry will carry out the first in-depth investigation into what happened during the Covid crisis, which led to more than 227,000 deaths in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Good riddance to Boris Johnson? We should be so lucky

Letters: Joe McCarthy, Robert Foster, Eoin Dillon, Peter Riddle and Andrew Ashley on the former prime minister’s resignation as a member of parliament

Daily Mirror

George Osborne tells moaning Tories to stop blaming Whitehall 'blob' for their mess

The Conservative stalwart, who unleashed devastating austerity cuts in 2010, told a Tory event: 'We are in charge of our country’s destiny and we should stop blaming others if we don’t get things right'

The Independent UK

Stop blaming ‘the Blob’ for failures, George Osborne tells Tories

Former chancellor says Tories must recognise they have been in power for 11 years

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A campaign against inheritance tax led by a multimillionaire? These really are desperate times for the Tories

While ministers look to the Telegraph for policies and Nadhim Zahawi fights for the status quo, Labour has a bold, serious vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Cameron-Osborne austerity left UK ‘hugely unprepared’ for Covid, says report

NHS left ‘dangerously understaffed’, says TUC – as former PM and chancellor prepare for public hearings

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: What you need to know with first hearings days away amid bitter WhatsApp row

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

The Guardian - UK

Cameron-Osborne austerity years cost UK dearly when Covid struck, says TUC

Union body claims policies left Britain ‘hugely unprepared’, in report before opening hearing of inquiry

Daily Mirror

Jonathan Ashworth signals end to 'heinous' two-child benefit cap if Labour wins power

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said the policy ushered in by austerity Tory ex-Chancellor George Osborne is 'absolutely keeping children in poverty'

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne destroyed Britain’s safety net. The Covid inquiry should shame him into silence

His iniquitous austerity programme left the population sick, vulnerable, and unprepared for a pandemic, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Two-child limit on UK welfare benefits ‘has failed to push parents into jobs’

Exclusive: Policy misunderstands realities of caring roles and has left hundreds of thousands of families in poverty, study finds

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