UK post-Covid plan will not keep public safe, expert tells inquiry David Alexander of UCL says new framework merely ‘an attempt to tinker with the system’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 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
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 · Jun 15, 2023
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 · Jun 15, 2023
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 · Jun 14, 2023
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 · Jun 13, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023
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 Daily Mirror · Jun 12, 2023
The Welsh NHS is on its knees and this is who put it there - a special report Who is to blame for the problems faced by Wales' buckling health services? The answer is complicated but spares no-one Wales Online · Jun 12, 2023
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 The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023
Farewell, Boris Johnson: Britain will not miss your attempts to play Trump His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023
From dizzying heights to tumultuous lows, UK's political showman Boris Johnson steps down He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.” The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023
Boris Johnson timeline: Extraordinary career of Britain’s former prime minister as he quits as MP A lively journey from Fleet Street to Partygate by way of Have I Got News For You, the Olympics and Brexit The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023
In Pictures: Serial poll winner’s campaigning skills undone by Covid missteps Boris Johnson was a formidable campaigner at the ballot box but failed to obey draconian rules he had imposed on others. The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023 ‘It’s lonely in parliament’: Caroline Lucas on life as a Green MP – and what she’ll do next After more than a decade of 80-hour working weeks, the member for Brighton Pavilion is standing down. What has she achieved as the only Green in the Commons? And does that feel like failure or success?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023 ‘The last four years were horrendous’: Mary Portas on divorce, bereavement – and reinventing herself After a lifetime in retail, the queen of shops has had a ‘proper epiphany’. She talks about her dislike of the fashion world, her painful childhood and the need for kindness
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023 OPINION - Rishi’s US visit is short, but he will need it to be sweet too for key goals When David Cameron arrived at the White House on a beautiful spring day in March 2012, President Obama joshed that he was “chuffed to bits” to welcome the British prime minister to Washington. Since then there have been bumps in the road over Syria and Afghanistan, Brexit, trade, and two…
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 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 · Jun 5, 2023 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 · Jun 4, 2023 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
The Week · Jun 2, 2023 The big business of lobbying in Westminster There is nothing inherently sinister about seeking to influence the people who write our laws; indeed, it’s a vital part of any democracy. Any citizen has the right to lobby an MP – the verb was coined to describe people who collared lawmakers in public lobbies such as Parliament’s. But…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 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
Daily Mirror · May 31, 2023 Ex-ministers face five year lobbying ban under Labour in bid to 'clean up' politics Backers say the move will help to "clean up" Westminster after a string of high-profile lobbying scandals, with Labour proposing financial sanctions to those who break the rules
The Independent UK · May 31, 2023 Lobbyists call for action on transparency as Labour plans ban for ex-ministers Labour has proposed banning ministers from lobbying for five years after they leave office, with fines for those who break the rules.
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023 ‘Social mobility is a fairytale’: Faiza Shaheen on fighting for Labour and hating Oxford When the UK finally goes to the polls, the British-Pakistani-Fijian daughter of a car mechanic could win the seat that Iain Duncan Smith has held for more than 30 years. Some would see that as proof that anyone can succeed – but not Shaheen