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Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

England’s chief medical officer said the risks of going into lockdown too early or too late had to be balanced.

The Independent UK

What was Eat Out to Help Out? Scientists say they weren't told about the scheme

Top scientists leading the UK response to the pandemic were not consulted over risks of encouraging public dining

Evening Standard

Tory MSPs silent after Rishi Sunak's 'let them die' Covid comment emerges

TORY MSPs have remained silent following the revelation Rishi Sunak thought the UK Government should "just let people die" instead of…

The National (Scotland)

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What does the Covid inquiry really tell us? If another pandemic arrived tomorrow, nothing would be better

The argument for holding an inquiry is sound, but the really depressing thing is that none of those elected have learned a thing, says Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Watch Live: Chief medical officer Chris Whitty gives evidence to Britain’s Covid inquiry

Watch live as chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty gives evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry later on Tuesday (21 November)

The Independent UK

National living wage to rise to £11.44 an hour from April and extended to 21-year-olds – as it happened

Treasury confirms the national living wage will increase by over a pound an hour from April

The Guardian - UK

Covid Inquiry LIVE: Sir Chris Whitty says UK waited 'too long' to impose first lockdown

Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid inquiry that the UK was "a bit too late" in imposing the first national lockdown in March 2020.

Evening Standard

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Sunak 'let them die' Covid row: Government was out to 'save lives and livelihoods,' says minister

England's Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty will appear before Covid Inquiry a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance offered his insights into ministers’ handling of the pandemic

Evening Standard

Tuesday briefing: How a deal that could mean a truce in Gaza became possible

In today’s newsletter: Amid growing optimism that a deal to release Hamas hostages is back on, a former Israeli peace negotiator talks about what each side gets out of it

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry live: Jonathan Van-Tam to testify after Chris Whitty says pandemic plan was ‘woefully deficient’

Boris Johnson’s deputy chief medical officer to be grilled over decision-making during pandemic

The Independent UK

Sir Chris Whitty to face questions at Covid inquiry

His appearance comes a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance offered his insights into ministers’ handling of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Sir Patrick Vallance rejects Sunak claim scientists were empowered during Covid

Sir Patrick said there were times during the crisis that he considering resigning.

The Independent UK

Patrick Vallance praises 'brilliant' Scottish innovation which helped Covid response

THE UK’s top scientist during the pandemic has praised Scotland’s health data as “brilliant”.

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry: scientists and the government under the microscope

Editorial: Expanding on his late-night diary entries, Sir Patrick Vallance gave crucial evidence from a unique perspective

The Guardian - UK

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If Rish! makes a speech and no one is there to hear it, has he made a speech?

Rishi Sunak’s weekly relaunch featured five new promises he won’t be around to keep

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak happy to 'just let people die' from Covid, inquiry told

BORIS Johnson wanted to let Covid “rip” despite the fact people would die, while Rishi Sunak also thought that was “okay”, the public…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak thought 'just let people die and that’s ok', Covid inquiry told

Sir Patrick Vallance wrote in his pandemic diaries about claim made by Dominic Cummings about then chancellor in heated meeting about lockdowns

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak thought government should ‘let people die’, Covid inquiry told in bombshell claim

Sunak believed it was ‘okay’ to ‘just let people die’, according to diaries from the former chief scientific adviser in one of the most explosive claims yet

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The Independent UK

Sir Patrick Vallance never intended for diaries to ‘see the light of day’

The former chief scientific adviser gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Monday.

The Independent UK

Johnson and Sunak were happy to let people die from Covid, inquiry hears

The claim, heard during the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic, came from the diaries of Sir Patrick Vallance.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Covid-19 Inquiry reminds us that the past is never dead – it's not even past

No one owns the news cycle. If you want it, you have to earn it. So while Rishi Sunak was making a speech in north London about the taxes he may or may not cut, attention was drawn across town, towards the Covid Inquiry and Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Independent UK

Treasury accused of ‘pure dogma’ by Patrick Vallance in pandemic notes

The Government’s former chief scientific adviser said there was a lack of transparency on analysis of Covid-19’s impact on the economy.

The Guardian - UK

What we learned from Patrick Vallance at the Covid inquiry

Chief scientific adviser in pandemic says lockdown should have come sooner and Boris Johnson is not great at science

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak’s evidence to Covid inquiry

PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviser

The Independent UK

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

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