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What has the UK’s Covid inquiry found so far?
For six weeks, lawyers grilled politicians on how prepared the UK was for a pandemic. Here’s what you need to know.
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4838 followers · 552 posts · Server newsie.socialREVEALED: Sunak snubbed request to appoint more diverse Covid inquiry panel.
Groups representing minorities were told that having the inquiry overseen by more than one person would take too long.
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4802 followers · 539 posts · Server newsie.socialEXCLUSIVE: Now the #UK Government is demanding Boris Johnson's #Covid19 era #Whatsapp messages back from it's own Covid-19 inquiry.
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4734 followers · 525 posts · Server newsie.social#Covid bereaved say loved ones were treated ‘like toxic waste’ after death.
#UK was not equipped to deal with Covid deaths, bereaved families tell inquiry as first part of #UKCovidInquiry concludes.
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BMA chief: UK stockpiled just 3% of daily PPE needed for Covid.
Philip Banfield echoes National Audit Office warning about lack of gowns – and criticises standard of NHS-issue masks
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LATEST: Results of #pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils.
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid.
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4485 followers · 489 posts · Server newsie.socialMatt Hancock blames everybody but the government at Covid inquiry.
The former health secretary criticised local councils, civil servants and the World Health Organisation over UK failures.
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4464 followers · 481 posts · Server newsie.socialNo deal #brexit was prioritised over pandemic preparations, the deputy prime minister has said.
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4463 followers · 476 posts · Server newsie.socialUK didn’t invest in public health – Cameron and May’s chief medical officer.
Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies.
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4430 followers · 467 posts · Server newsie.socialFamilies cite ‘catastrophic failure’ of Welsh government to prepare for Covid.
Families in Wales who lost loved ones to Covid-19 feel let down by their leaders, representative tells UK inquiry.
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