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Government told ‘far more work necessary’ over Covid Inquiry recommendations

Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said ‘radical reform is required in the crucial area of planning and resilience’.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session

The Guardian - UK

What has the UK Covid inquiry learned so far about vaccines and treatments?

In fourth part of the inquiry, questons were asked about vaccine trials, procurement and the UK’s preparedness for future pandemics

The Guardian - UK

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UK emergency alert to be sent to mobile phones as part of national test of pandemic preparedness

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) – which can sound an alarm through mobile phones – will be tested nationwide

Evening Standard

Ministers and emergency services to hold national test of pandemic preparedness

Blue light services will join senior ministers in the first test of pandemic preparedness in nearly a decade.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry report proves that lessons have not been learned

Letters: Edward Rosen, Jabeer Butt and Edward Lyon respond to the first report of the official Covid inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: Hallett prescribes ‘red teams’ as antidote to flawed thinking

Lady Hallett says failure to challenge consensus views on UK’s readiness to respond to pandemic was an ‘acute problem’

The Guardian - UK

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‘Bittersweet’: Covid report does not go far enough, say bereaved families

Relatives feel vindicated by ‘damning’ analysis of an unprepared Britain but say many issues not addressed

The Guardian - UK

The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared

The UK must never succumb to such shocking complacency again. Planning for the next pandemic must start now, says global public health expert Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

Five key findings from the Covid Inquiry as first report published

Inquiry says Government failed to prepare for a pandemic in years leading up to Covid outbreak

Evening Standard

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state

Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000 in UK, report says

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Covid and devolution: Britain’s missing mindset

Editorial: Lady Hallett’s inquiry is learning that the UK and Scottish governments each lacked respect for the sharing of powers

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson takes aim at Scottish Government at UK Covid-19 Inquiry

BORIS Johnson was told off by the chair of the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry less than a minute into Wednesday’s proceedings for leaking his evidence to…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson told off within first minute of UK Covid-19 inquiry

BORIS Johnson was told off by the chair of the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry less than a minute into Wednesday’s proceedings for leaking his evidence to…

The National (Scotland)

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Simon Case said he'd 'never seen a group of people less well equipped to run a country', Covid inquiry hears

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

The Independent UK

‘Profusion of officialdom’ in early days of pandemic, inquiry hears

Simon Ridley became the latest senior official to appear before Lady Hallett’s probe.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Covid-19 inquiry: a week that has probed deep

Editorial: The absence of national planning for the pandemic and Boris Johnson’s shameful leadership are in the spotlight

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘killed people’ and ‘lied’ in pandemic, Cummings told PM

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

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OPINION - If nobody is paying attention to the Covid inquiry, can it really be devastating?

Have you been following the Covid inquiry? Away from the front pages, which have mostly been occupied by other stories, revelation after appalling revelation has been spilling out, confirming our very worst fears about what went on in Downing Street as the Covid pandemic hit.

The Guardian - UK

More questions for civil service boss who said Carrie Johnson was real PM

Covid inquiry expected to quiz Simon Case over ‘treasure trove’ of official correspondence

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry hears call for more cash for public health

Science advisers demand creation of ‘cohort’ of community health workers to run test and trace

The Guardian - UK

People who died with Covid treated ‘like toxic waste’, families tell UK inquiry

Campaign groups for bereaved in all UK nations said progress of pandemic showed country was not prepared

The Independent UK

Pandemic plans stalled due to no-deal Brexit preparations – Welsh medical chief

Sir Frank Atherton told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that planning for potential future health emergencies had all but stopped by 2019.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson backs Covid Inquiry in court battle with Rishi Sunak’s government

Inquiry lawyers warn investigation must not be put into ‘procedural straight-jacket’

The Guardian - 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

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