Category: Covid inquiry

Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pandemic

Tory leader says comments from ‘likely reputable’ sources such as the BMA were used to support misinformationFamily WhatsApp groups were a greater concern for spreading fake news during the pandemic than social media...

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Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in net zero drive – UK politics live

Energy secretary insists there is ‘no contradiction between net zero and economic growth’ in hearing at Commons committeeThe hearing has stopped for a short break. Heather Hallett, the chair, tells Badenoch that her...

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Farage claims chance he could be PM within four years is up to 25% – as it happened

Reform UK leader, who is in the US for Trump’s inauguration, says early election is ‘not impossible’Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, thinks that his chances of becoming PM before Donald Trump leaves the...

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Farage claims chance he could be PM within four years is up to 25% – UK politics live

Reform UK leader, who is in the US for Trump’s inauguration, says early election is ‘not impossible’Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, thinks that his chances of becoming PM before Donald Trump leaves the...

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UK politics: Kemi Badenoch describes Rachel Reeves as a ‘woman problem’ for Keir Starmer – as it happened

Opposition leader says PM’s ‘woman problem is not my concern’ when asked jokingly if she would back Starmer if he sacked the chancellorRichard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.Thirty-two sixth...

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UK politics live: Kemi Badenoch describes Rachel Reeves as a ‘woman problem’ for Keir Starmer

Opposition leader says PM’s ‘woman problem is not my concern’ when asked jokingly if she would back Starmer if he sacked the chancellorRichard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.Thirty-two sixth...

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UK politics live: Badenoch says UK not as rich as it thinks and country refuses to live within its means

Opposition leader expected to turn fire on predecessors in speech in which she will try to break with the pastRichard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.Thirty-two sixth form colleges across England will be hit by...

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UK politics live: Badenoch admits Tory Brexit mistakes, saying party had ‘no plan for growth outside EU’

Opposition leader expected to turn fire on predecessors in speech in which she will try to break with the pastGood morning. Keir Starmer is in Ukraine and, as Pippa Crerar and Luke Harding report, he is signing a 100-year...

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NHS was ‘within hours’ of running out of gowns during pandemic, Hancock tells Covid inquiry – as it happened

This live blog is closedBritish prime minister Keir Starmer says he is “deeply saddened” to hear that Prescott has died, and called him a “true giant of Labour”.In a statement on X, he said, “I am...

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