Tag: COVID
Covid inquiry: Eat Out To Help Out curbed devastating job losses – PM
Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns.
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Covid inquiry: PM ‘deeply sorry to all who lost loved ones’
The prime minister has said he was "deeply sorry to all those who lost loved ones" during the pandemic as he opened his evidence to the Covid inquiry. [...]
Rishi Sunak faces Covid inquiry and Rwanda vote in key week
Rishi Sunak's flagship policies will come under scrutiny and his past and future is set to collide.
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Police close investigation into MPs' Covid event
Three MPs now face an investigation by the parliamentary watchdog.
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Covid inquiry: Five takeaways from Boris Johnson's evidence
The former PM is the most high-profile witness so far to testify at the inquiry into the pandemic.
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Covid: Johnson blamed Welsh rates on singing and obesity, inquiry hears
Diary entry claims Boris Johnson said singing and obesity were responsible for Covid surge in Wales.
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Covid inquiry: I did not back a 'let it rip' policy, says Boris Johnson
The former prime minister says he offered counter arguments but ultimately acted to curb Covid.
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Johnson rejects Covid policy was ‘let it rip’ across UK
The former prime minister said his policy was to "save human life at all ages" as the UK entered the pandemic.Boris Johnson told the Covid inquiry to [...]
Boris Johnson apologises for suffering of families and victims of the Covid pandemic
The former prime minister began his evidence with an apology, which was interrupted by protesters.Boris Johnson said he "understands the feelings of t [...]
I should have twigged Covid risk earlier, admits Boris Johnson
The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus.
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Boris Johnson faces two-day grilling at Covid inquiry
The former prime minister is expected to apologise for mistakes but defend his pandemic record.
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Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid Inquiry but say he got big calls right
Those who have helped prepare him for his appearance before the inquiry - which will happen next Wednesday and Thursday - say he will take on those wh [...]
Covid Inquiry felt like the trial of Matt Hancock
The inquiry is both a case of reputation management and the big picture questions, BBC political editor Chris Mason writes.
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Covid inquiry: Joe Anderson tells Matt Hancock 'I'm still alive'
Joe Anderson responds to the ex-health secretary who implied at the Covid inquiry he had passed away.
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Hancock’s Covid restrictions frustration with ‘local leadership’
Matt Hancock told the Covid inquiry some local leaders were "not constructive" and "actively unhelpful" in implementing restrictions, because they put [...]