Category: Covid inquiry

Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

Exclusive: Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consultedRishi Sunak ordered multiple taxpayer-funded focus groups and polls to craft the messaging of his planned...

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Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry

Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted soonerThe Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has launched a scathing attack on the UK...

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Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened

Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join partyQ: What is your answer to Tory colleagues who say that you have let them down?“Country, constituency, then...

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Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – UK politics live

Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’The UK needs a government guided by clear purpose, Reeves says.Labour has set out five missions. But they are all tied to the economic...

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Business welcomes Labour’s pledge to cap corporation tax – UK politics live

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business leaders Labour will give them certainty if it wins the next electionThe UK needs a government guided by clear purpose, Reeves says.Labour has set out five missions. But they are all...

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Sturgeon admits errors in handling of ‘incredibly stressful’ Covid crisis

Former first minister of Scotland admits to inquiry that she failed to properly record key discussionsNicola Sturgeon has admitted failing to properly record key discussions about the Covid crisis after being pressed at the UK...

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