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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 · Jun 16, 2023

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 3 as plans for a future pandemic branded inadequate

The Covid inquiry will next week hear from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former prime minister David Cameron, as well as Sir Chris Whitty and former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2023

Cuts to NHS budgets to blame for our response to Covid, new inquiry told

The second day of the Covid Inquiry public hearings included representation from Sage

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023

The UK government does have a legal case for withholding WhatsApp messages from the COVID inquiry -- but here's why it will probably lose in court anyway

The UK government has decided to challenge, via a judicial review, a ruling on document disclosure by Baroness Hallett, the chair of the public inquiry which is looking into the way the COVID-19 pandemic was handled.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘not worried’ about being ‘embarassed’ by Covid inquiry messages

Rishi Sunak has denied that the Government is resisting the release of messages to the Covid inquiry because he fears embarassment.

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023

Minister insists Government trusts Covid inquiry chairwoman despite legal action

The Cabinet Office is challenging Baroness Hallett’s request for former prime minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Cabinet Office given until Friday to clarify Johnson WhatsApp redaction stance

Covid inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett challenged the Government on why it wanted to block material Boris Johnson was happy to submit to the probe

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2023

I decide what’s relevant, says Covid inquiry chair in Boris WhatsApp row

Security experts to turn on Boris Johnson’s old phone in hunt for Whatsapps as row widens to the Foreign Office

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

Refusal to hand over Covid WhatsApps based on ‘spurious nonsense’, top Tory MP says

Ministrs claim certain messages are ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ to Baroness Hallett’s inquiry

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Covid inquiry chairwoman’s resignation ‘logical response’ if she loses WhatsApp fight

The issue is ‘a power struggle between politicians and the inquiry they’ve set up’ rather than a legal fight around privacy, a solicitor said.

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2023