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Boris Johnson: I wasn’t properly warned about seriousness of Covid

Ex-PM tells inquiry abusive messages between staff were inevitable passion of people ‘doing their best’ under great stress

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘trying to rewrite history’ before Covid inquiry appearance

Briefings of favourable stories to press have contained ‘usual lies and bluster’, bereaved families say

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock admits affair with aide damaged public trust in Covid rules

Ex-health secretary’s latest inquiry appearance reveals tensions between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over second lockdown

The Independent UK

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Matt Hancock acknowledges his affair with aide damaged public confidence

Mr Hancock resigned as health secretary in June 2021 over an affair with Gina Coladangelo

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock insists he’s not a liar and blames allegations on ‘toxic’ Dominic Cummings

Former health secretary labels Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser ‘malign actor’ – and insists ‘many lives’ could have been saved if UK had gone into lockdown earlier

The Independent UK

Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry

Ex-health secretary has described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by ‘culture of fear’

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry live: Dominic Cummings acted as ‘prime minister in all but name’, Sajid Javid says

Former chancellor Sajid Javid said Dominic Cummings made “many key decisions” on behalf of Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

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Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’

Hugo Keith KC shut the Levelling Up Secretary down, saying the ‘divisive’ issue is not part of the inquiry’s terms of reference.

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry: UK Government did not tell Scottish ministers about key message change

THE UK government did not “communicate everything” to Scottish ministers during the pandemic, Michael Gove has admitted.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove slapped down at Covid inquiry for suggesting virus was man-made

Michael Gove was reprimanded for telling the inquiry ‘there is a significant body of judgment that believes the virus itself was manmade’

The Independent UK

Whitty never told about Eat Out to Help Out but ‘should have been’ – inquiry

England’s chief medical officer is giving evidence to the public inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 for a second day.

The Independent UK

Whitty implored officials not to use terms like ‘flatten curve’, Covid inquiry told

England’s chief medical officer says incomplete knowledge of epidemiological concepts can be ‘dangerous thing’

The Guardian - UK

The way Boris Johnson made decisions was 'unique', Sir Chris Whitty says

England's chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry that the Government was 'chaotic'

Evening Standard

Government would have paid more attention if threat had been terrorism – Whitty

The chief medical officer described system failures which meant there was a lack of people becoming ‘electrified’ by the knowledge they had.

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The Independent UK

Chris Whitty: Britain’s Covid plans were ‘woefully deficient’ – even for a flu pandemic

Professor Sir Chris Whitty told the Covid inquiry it was clear in early 2020 that plans in place were not going to be particularly helpful in the crisis

The Independent UK

The way Boris Johnson made decisions was ‘unique’ – Sir Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer has been giving evidence to the UK’s public inquiry into Covid-19.

The Independent UK

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

Lockdown law-breaker Boris Johnson wanted bigger Covid fines, inquiry reveals

In ‘crushing irony’, the demand for tougher action came just weeks after his rule-breaking No 10 birthday party

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Evening Standard

Covid rules were confusing and £10,000 fines disproportionate, says Priti Patel

Former Home Secretary tells Covid Inquiry that regulations were hard to understand for police and public

The Independent UK

Ex-home secretary Priti Patel criticises confusing and complex Covid laws

Dame Priti agreed they were hard to understand for both the police and the public.

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry hears more testimony about Johnson’s ‘brutal and useless’ No 10

Former civil service chief also says he did not trust Matt Hancock, the ‘over-promising’ health secretary

Evening Standard

Simon Case said he'd 'never seen a group of people less well equipped to run a country', Covid inquiry hears

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid live on TV, inquiry told

Covid inquiry also heard how Boris Johnson would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than order second lockdown

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’

The then-prime minister later said he would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than impose a second lockdown, a top aide told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Johnson spoke of ‘whisky and revolver’ at Covid meeting in October 2020

The former prime minister spoke about ‘medieval measures’ to tackle the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

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