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Michael Gove says £10bn waste on PPE was an 'honest error'

Michael Gove has insisted the UK wasting £10 billion of taxpayers’ money on PPE during the Covid pandemic was an 'honest error' as he…

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone Back Under Spotlight as Covid Inquiry Condemns VIP Lane Over £10bn PPE Waste

The Covid inquiry reveals that the UK's VIP lane for PPE contracts led to £10 billion in waste, with Michelle Mone's involvement drawing significant scrutiny. The inquiry condemns the system's inherent unfairness.

International Business Times UK

The Guardian view on Covid and Hillsborough: families forced the state to face the truth

Editorial: Lady Hallett exposed waste and secrecy. Hillsborough campaigners showed why public bodies must be honest before and after catastrophe strikes

The Guardian - UK

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UK wasted £9.9 billion on Covid PPE, finds inquiry; stockpile, procurement flaws flagged

Nearly £9.9 billion worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) bought during the Covid-19 pandemic was wasted in the UK, a public inquiry has found. It concluded that the country entered the health crisis with inadequate stockpiles and an emergency procurement system that was ill-prepared for the surge in demand.

The Times of India

‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPE

Campaigners feel vindicated by some of report’s conclusions but are unconvinced by its verdict on ‘VIP lane’

The Guardian - UK

Covid Inquiry issues damning verdict as UK wasted £10bn on PPE

THE scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the official inquiry into the handling of…

The National (Scotland)

Covid PPE procurement saw ‘vast’ £10bn waste, inquiry finds

Baroness Heather Hallett has produced her fifth report of the Covid-19 inquiry.

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Boris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn of taxpayer money on unusable PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Report says controversial ‘VIP lane’ was ‘inherently biased’ towards PPE suppliers with political connections

The Independent UK

Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report

The Guardian - UK

Bereaved urge Covid Inquiry not to ‘pull punches’ in report on PPE procurement

The Covid Inquiry is set to publish its findings on procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘My husband had the Covid-19 vaccine – 11 days later he was dead’

Stephen Ward developed a blood clot after a dose of AstraZeneca

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: Jab rollout a ‘success’ but vaccine harm payouts ‘need reform’

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett praised the fact the UK was a world leader in biomedical sciences.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: What the Covid inquiry reveals about the NHS – and why it should worry us

In today’s newsletter: Bereaved families say the latest findings confirm long-standing concerns about capacity, care and political choices

The Guardian - UK

Why the NHS can’t build a successful system on staff goodwill alone

COVID-19 INQUIRY: During the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in 200,000 deaths, the UK’s healthcare system came “close to collapse”. As the inquiry chair warns ministers that there may not be a workforce “willing or able to” get the NHS through another pandemic, experts tells Rebecca Thomas while so many staff…

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The Independent UK

Government’s ‘stay at home’ messaging may have cost thousands of lives, Covid inquiry finds

NHS survived the pandemic ‘but only just’, inquiry chair concludes after probe’s latest damning assessment

Evening Standard

Stay-at-home pandemic order sent message NHS was closed – Covid-19 Inquiry

The coronavirus probe has published its report on the NHS during the crisis.

The Guardian - UK

NHS was ‘on brink of collapse’ during pandemic, Covid inquiry finds

Heather Hallett says ‘superhuman’ efforts of workers were at times the only reason health service survived

The Independent UK

Covid-19 inquiry latest: Healthcare system was ‘on brink of collapse’ and NHS ‘only just’ coped in pandemic

Report finds some people did not seek treatment for life-threatening conditions

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The Independent UK

NHS can’t cope with another pandemic, top doctors warn as harrowing impact of Covid-19 to be laid bare

Exclusive: Health leaders warn overrun emergency departments, an explosion of corridor care and soaring waiting lists mean hospitals are in a much worse position than they were before Covid hit

The Guardian - UK

The shameful attacks on the Covid inquiry prove it: the right is lost in anti-science delusion

There is nothing wrong with questioning the mighty cost of the lockdowns, but we can’t let hardline libertarians rewrite Britain’s pandemic history, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Robinson disagrees with Hallett findings over Stormont pandemic response

The DUP leader said there was ‘nothing new’ in the report published last week.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson had a four-day break in crucial period before Covid pandemic struck

The official records have raised questions over whether the former prime minister may have misled the Covid inquiry

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings and refusal to apologise

Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column

Evening Standard

Johnson says Covid inquiry that criticised chaos in his government ‘muddled’

The former prime minister said the Hallett report should be ‘filed vertically’.

The Independent UK

Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

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