Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy“At the time it felt like a devil’s bargain – it was horrible, but it was what [we thought] we had to do to keep...
Read MoreHeather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homesBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who...
Read MoreConservative leader also called for benefit spending to be cut to fund rise in defence budgetBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage...
Read MoreConservative leader gives speech as Treasury sources say Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains taxBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to...
Read MoreChair 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 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 MoreFormer chancellor and PM faces questions on the economic response to the pandemic Sunak said speed was “paramount” as “one thing that was crystal clear that this was happening very quickly” and was to have an “extraordinary...
Read MoreFormer chancellor and PM faces questions on the economic response to the pandemic Sunak said speed was “paramount” as “one thing that was crystal clear that this was happening very quickly” and was to have an “extraordinary...
Read MoreFormer chancellor and prime minister will answer questions on the economic impact of the pandemic The hearing in Dorland House in central London, where the Covid inquiry is taking place, has just started.You can watch the...
Read MoreThis week it was announced that three more former Tory MPs have gone over to Nigel Farage’s partyThis is from Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, on Nigel Farage’s denial of the FT story. (See 9.33am.)A handy reminder that in 2019...
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