Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPEBoris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn...
Read MoreChair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning reportBoris Johnson’s Conservative government wasted public money on a “vast” scale with flawed buying of personal...
Read MoreRobert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’The Reform UK candidate in this month’s Makerfield byelection appeared to doubt the seriousness of Covid and the...
Read MoreWith the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves...
Read MoreHeather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payoutsThe UK’s Covid vaccination programme was “an extraordinary feat” with protective jabs developed and delivered...
Read MoreHeather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payoutsThe Covid-19 vaccine programme in the UK was an “extraordinary feat” but the payment scheme for people...
Read MoreWhen did care homes come to be seen as recession-proof investments? And who pays the price?On a spring morning in 1987, a 30-year-old man named Robert Kilgour pulled up beside a row of foamy cherry trees in the town of...
Read MoreThe views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithfulThere was no shortage of ammunition for reporters seeking to pepper Nadhim Zahawi with questions when the former...
Read MoreBleary-eyed in pyjamas in a new film, Jacinda Ardern’s pleas for compassion are hard to ignore. But in real crises, the fallibility of politicians can be terrifyingThe camera catches Jacinda Ardern in her pyjamas, bleary-eyed...
Read MoreTo prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system?It feels as though a collective amnesia has set in around Covid-19....
Read MoreReport on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10UK politics live –latest updatesThe UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official...
Read MorePeer writes to PM over chancellor’s ‘vendetta’ comment after company ordered to repay £122m of Covid contractMichelle Mone has accused the chancellor of using “dangerous and inflammatory” language about her, after a company...
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