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Mone accuses Covid Inquiry of ‘cover-up’ after core participant bid rejected

Their first bid for special access, which came 468 days after the deadline of November 17 2023, was rejected at the end of February.

The Independent UK

Not having time to scrutinise PPE contracts ‘source of frustration’ – Barclay

The former chief secretary to the Treasury was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Evening Standard

Baroness Mone’s second ‘core participant’ bid rejected by Covid inquiry

Baroness Heather Hallett, the inquiry’s chairwoman, warned allowing the application to continue would “cause significant disruption”.

Evening Standard

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Covid inquiry throws out bid by Michelle Mone ahead of private hearing

The couple, who are linked to PPE Medpro, had requested access to documents and get advance notice of the report’s findings

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry rejects bid from Mone to be ‘core participant’

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry began four weeks of scrutiny of decisions to purchase personal protective equipment on Monday.

Evening Standard

Minister said NHS could use Dyson ventilators to help firm’s marketing, Covid inquiry told

Machines could be marketed as ‘used in UK hospitals’ after James Dyson responded to call from PM, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry evidence on Mone-linked PPE firm to be heard in closed session

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett ruled there would be a risk of harm or damage to any possible criminal trial relating to the firm.

The Independent UK

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'Realistic chance' of charges in Michelle Mone-linked probe, crime agency says

THERE is a “realistic" chance that criminal charges will follow the ongoing investigation into Covid contracts handed to a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland)

The correct response to a disaster like Covid is to plan for the next one. I don’t see Britain doing it

Think local, listen to the experts and get diverse voices in the room, says emergency planner Lucy Easthope

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt apologises for Covid failings and admits being part of ministerial ‘groupthink’

The former health secretary said he was one of many who ‘over prepared for pandemic flu’ and ‘didn’t think about other types of pandemic’

The Independent UK

Don’t leave Covid and Grenfell inquiries to ‘gather dust’, families tell Starmer

Coalition of groups calls on government to set up body to monitor whether recommendations are acted upon

The Guardian - UK

Poll reveals popularity of Keir Starmer after first week as PM

Starmer ended his first week as popular as Boris Johnson was at the height of the vaccine rollout

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences

Citizens were failed by a lack of planning, and Lady Hallett wants a better system to be built fast

The Guardian - UK

Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

Covid-19 public inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has demanded ‘radical reform’ of UK’s pandemic plans

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The Independent UK

Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens

An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: The key government failings from Baroness Hallett’s first report

The damning report highlights several failures by the government during the Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Hubris and planning for wrong type of pandemic: five takeaways from Covid inquiry verdict

The pandemic caused ‘grief, untold misery and economic turmoil’ which could have been cut if the UK had been better prepared, report states

The National (Scotland)

UK Government 'failed' public leading to more deaths, Covid-19 inquiry finds

THE UK Government and the civil service “failed” the public due to “significant flaws” in preparing for the Covid-19 pandemic, a public…

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Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry report exposes 'fatal strategic flaws' that meant pandemic cost more UK lives

‘Never again can a disease lead to so many deaths and so much suffering,’ chairwoman Baroness Hallett said

The Guardian - UK

Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

David Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemic

The Independent UK

UK Covid inquiry to finally lay bare failures of government and politicians during pandemic

Academics have said it is a question of ‘when not if’ another pandemic will hit

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry report live: UK pandemic plan failures set to be laid bare as Brexit likely to be blamed

Baroness Hallett to deliver report today on how prepared country was to face deadly outbreak when coronavirus hit

Evening Standard

First Covid Inquiry report set to expose catalogue of failings during pandemic

Failures to prepare for a pandemic are expected to be laid bare on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

First Covid inquiry report to set out ‘appalling failures’ during pandemic

Catalogue of errors by government and health officials includes the deliberate winding down of PPE stockpiles

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry has cost £94m so far and could become most expensive probe of its kind

Figures published in the inquiry’s financial report show £15,180,000 was spent in the final quarter of 2023/24

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