Category: Patrick Vallance

Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’

Covid adviser Patrick Vallance and businessman James Timpson among appointments from outside WestminsterKeir Starmer has signalled he will appoint more non-political experts as ministers in his new administration, in an apparent...

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Chris Whitty says No 10 decision-making ‘chaotic’ under Boris Johnson but other countries were similar – UK Covid inquiry live

Chief medical officer for England and chief UK medical adviser says civil servants did good job but PM took ‘unique’ decisionsQ: Was there no aspect on the pandemic on which you did not advise?Whitty says he would...

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Boris Johnson ‘bamboozled’ by science and Matt Hancock had habit of saying things that were untrue, UK Covid inquiry hears – as it happened

Former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance revealed there was ‘complete lack of leadership’ at times in crisis. This live blog is closedPatrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak’s evidence to Covid...

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Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak’s evidence to Covid inquiry

PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviserExplainer: How Vallance’s diaries exposed chaos inside No 10UK politics live – latest...

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Boris Johnson ‘bamboozled’ by science and Matt Hancock had habit of saying things that were untrue, UK Covid inquiry hears – live

Former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance revealed there was ‘complete lack of leadership’ at times in crisisVallance says that some of what he was doing during Covid would have been done by anyone else in the...

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Boris Johnson ‘clearly bamboozled’ and ‘confused’ about science, Patrick Vallance notes reveal – UK Covid inquiry live

Former chief scientific adviser says he was uncomfortable with claim UK government was ‘following the science’Vallance says that some of what he was doing during Covid would have been done by anyone else in the post...

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Scientists set to expose chaos and disagreement in UK government at Covid inquiry

The eat out to help out scheme will face scrutiny when Patrick Vallance, Chris Whitty and Angela McLean appear this weekExplosive evidence about the tensions and disagreements between the then prime minister Boris Johnson, his...

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