All news on the topic: Covid Inquiry

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Boris Johnson now - six-figure allowance, GB news job and another rule breach
After many scandals and an investigation into his conduct, Boris Johnson stepped down as PM and MP - but what has the controversial former Prime Minister been up to since?
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Harrowing true story and real doctor behind ITV's Covid drama Breathtaking
Actress Joanne Froggatt portrays Dr Abbey Henderson in ITV's new drama Breathtaking, and brings to life author and NHS frontline doctor Rachel Clarke's first-hand experience
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PPE scandal explained - shortage riddle, who got rich and who was to blame
As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account
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Matt Hancock was chauffeured to Covid Inquiry in a Jag paid for by taxpayers
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was ferried to and from the Covid Inquiry in a chauffeur-driven Jaguar even though he'd resigned in disgrace two years previously
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Tearful Sturgeon tells Covid Inquiry she wishes she wasn't leader during crisis
Ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon appeared emotional as she told the Covid Inquiry a 'large part of me wishes' not to have been Scottish First Minister during the pandemic
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Nicola Sturgeon branded Boris Johnson 'f****** clown' in Covid WhatsApp messages
In messages uncovered by the official Covid Inquiry the Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said Boris Johnson's address to the country was 'f****** excruciating'
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Woman who lost husband in Covid pandemic prepares for 'painful Christmas'
The Covid Memorial Wall has overcome torrential rain and disastrous weather - but these volunteers continue to re-paint the hearts which marks each person who died from Covid-19
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Sunak considered giving millions of Brits pre-paid debit cards during Covid
The then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak dropped the idea in June 2020 after Treasury officials found 'substantial challenges and risks' such as the risk of theft, fraud and loss
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Covid Inquiry latest - Rishi Sunak denies calling poorer parents 'freeloaders'
Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, issued an apology to bereaved families at the start of his Covid Inquiry grilling
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All we learnt from Sunak at Covid Inquiry as he denies leading 'pro-death squad'
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who prides himself on his meticulous attention to detail, rejected criticism of his pandemic record but was unable to remember key details
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Forgetful Rishi Sunak says he can't remember more than 20 times at Covid Inquiry
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared rattled as he faced six hours of questions at the Covid Inquiry about his role as Chancellor in the pandemic, including on Eat Out To Help Out
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Rishi Sunak's red bracelet on wrist and why Prime Minister wears it explained
As he gives evidence at the Covid Inquiry on his time as Chancellor, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is wearing a red bracelet made from thread on his wrist as he always does
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Lame duck Rishi Sunak to be grilled over 6 questions at Covid Inquiry
Rishi Sunak faces an interrogation at the Covid Inquiry where he will be grilled on Eat Out to Help Out - a scheme branded 'eat out to help the virus' by the Chief Medical Officer
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'Sunak must answer charges that he was reckless with the nation’s health'
Politicians cannot be allowed to throw a smokescreen over the Covid inquiry to cover up their failures, and istakes must be admitted so they can be avoided in future, the Mirror says
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Rishi Sunak argued let virus 'rip a bit' new Covid Inquiry diary extract claims
The diary extract from ex-Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance comes as the PM Rishi Sunak prepares to take the stand at the Covid Inquiry next week
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7 explosive WhatsApps back to haunt Boris Johnson as Covid messages published
Pandemic Prime Minister Boris Johnson was repeatedly confronted by shocking - and often sweary - WhatsApps between aides and ministers in a gruelling appearance at the Covid Inquiry
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Boris Johnson boasted he'd 'come out on top' after Partygate in WhatsApps
Boris Johnson endured another gruelling day of questions at the Covid Inquiry after admitting the Government underestimated the danger posed by the virus in early 2020
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Boris Johnson says the public's view of Partygate is 'million miles' from truth
As he appeared at the Covid Inquiry, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson complained that the characterisation of lockdown-busting gatherings in No10 had been 'absolutely absurd'
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All we learnt from Boris Johnson at Covid Inquiry including sweary WhatsApps
Boris Johnson fell silent during the second day of his Covid Inquiry grilling as he was forced to listen to evidence of him wanting to let the virus 'rip' in autumn 2020
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Johnson blamed high Covid cases in Wales on 'singing and obesity', diary claims
An extract from Sir Patrick Vallance's diary from September 2020 appears to show Boris Johnson callously joking about soaring cases of the virus in Wales
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'If Boris was genuinely sorry he would try to own his mistakes not disown them'
Boris Johnson's appearance at the Covid Inquiry was a reminder of how ill-served the country was to have such a shambolic and incompetent person in charge during the pandemic
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'Boris Johnson's evidence livestream should have come with a health warning'
Watching Boris Johnson's evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry made your blood pressure rise to a dangerous level and made it almost impossible not to smash whatever screen you were watching it on, writes Polly Hudson
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'Johnson may not remember but those who lost family to Covid can't forget'
Jason Beattie says Boris Johnson couldn't bring himself to mention the deaths in care homes and the failure to grasp more quickly the threat posed by the virus at the Covid Inquiry
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Covid bereaved families disgusted by 'cruel' and 'callous' Boris Johnson
Bereaved families said they have been 'traumatised by the cavalier, callous, cruel decisions' made by Boris Johnson throughout the Covid pandemic. The Mirror heard their stories
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Boris Johnson booed by families after apology for mistakes at Covid Inquiry
Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson is giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry over two days after damning testimony from aides, politicians and scientists about his response