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14 days ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

LIVE updates as Professor Chris Whitty gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

Sir Chris was a critic of Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme, the inquiry previously heard

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16 days ago
inews.co.uk

Sunak 'always knew HS2 was poor value' but feared row with Johnson over axing it

Rishi Sunak did not want to 'rock the boat' with No 10 over high speed rail when he was chancellor, says former adviser

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16 days ago
mirror.co.uk

David Cameron told to come clean on links to China before return to Government

Rishi Sunak dragged the failed ex-Prime Minister out of retirement this week, making him Foreign Secretary in a move ...

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16 days ago
mirror.co.uk

Ex-Bullingdon Club members have held top government jobs for 85% of time since 2010

Since 11 May 2010, a member of the Bullingdon Club has been either Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, or Chancellor f...

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17 days ago
inews.co.uk

Johnson and Sunak braced for new claims from Vallance diaries at Covid inquiry

The inquiry has already heard that Sir Patrick wrote of Boris Johnson: 'This flip-flopping is impossible. One minute ...

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18 days ago
inews.co.uk

Boris Johnson's '40 hospitals' will be too small, imaginary, or late - official verdict

MPs said it is "highly unlikely" that the New Hospitals Programme would even achieve its downgraded target of 32 comp...

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26 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

Ex-Cabinet Secretary Lord Sedwill apologises for 'thoughtless' suggestion about holding chicken...

Lord Sedwill admitted making the remark but insisted he was only highlighting the way that society would need to deve...

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27 days ago
inews.co.uk

5 things learned from ex-No 10 chief Ed Lister and taskforce head Simon Ridley at Covid inquiry

Dominic Cummings was 'not an easy man to deal with' the inquiry heard

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27 days ago
inews.co.uk

Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV, inquiry hears

'Unhelpful' comments' came at a time of 'high stress' former chief of staff at No 10 said

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29 days ago
mirror.co.uk

ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid slams 'incapable' Boris Johnson ahead of GB News debut

TV presenter Susanna Reid tore into former Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the disgraced politician announced his ...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

No 10 discussed Corbyn joining Johnson in government of national unity, Covid Inquiry reveals

Plan hatched in early days of the pandemic never got off the ground due to fears about compatibility of the leaders' ...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

Johnson wanted the old to 'accept their fate' from Covid - now the Tories fear an OAP backlash

MPs are concerned lurid accounts of chaos and swearing revealed at the Covid inquiry this week are only the start. Wi...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

Boris Johnson's Cabinet split over police enforcement of lockdown rules, Covid inquiry reveals

Some ministers thought the police were too heavy-handed for imposing heavy fines on people taking walks in the countr...

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about 1 month ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

'The Covid Inquiry has revealed the government delayed lockdown by 10 days - my mum might not hav...

'It was clearly dysfunctional and chaotic, there seems to have been simply no regard for the effect on people – it ma...

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about 1 month ago
walesonline.co.uk

Coronavirus pandemic timeline: When did Boris Johnson get Covid?

Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in March 2020. He later made comments t...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

No 10 downplayed Johnson’s Covid condition in case hostile states exploited power vacuum

Officials gave a 'more positive impression' of the then PM's health over concerns terrorists could exploit an apparen...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

10 things we learned from former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara at the Covid inquiry

Matt Hancock had 'nuclear levels of confidence' and Downing Street had to wait seven months for hand sanitiser

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about 1 month ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Boris Johnson asked scientists if you could kill Covid by blowing hairdryer up nose

The then-PM questioned government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Ex-civil servant Helen MacNamara slams Dominic Cummings over 'violent and misogynistic' WhatsApps...

Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, ex-deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara painted a grim picture of the 'mach...

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about 1 month ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

The 16 Covid Inquiry bombshells from shocking day of WhatsApp message revelations

Boris Johnson's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings and his ex-communications chief Lee Cain revealed the terrifying chaos at...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Ex-civil servant Helen MacNamara - who was branded a 'c***' by Dominic Cummings as he tried to ge...

Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, ex-deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara complained her efforts to 'inject c...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

Six things we learned from Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain at the Covid inquiry

More than six hours of extraordinary testimony reveals fresh details of the chaos and indecision inside Downing Stree...

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about 1 month ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Boris Johnson suggested 'Covid was nature’s way of dealing with old people,' scientist claims

He said there was “quite a bonkers set of exchanges” featuring Mr Johnson

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

Boris Johnson believed old people should 'accept their fate' and get Covid, inquiry told

The then prime minister agreed with Conservative MPs in 2020 that the virus was 'Nature’s way of dealing with old peo...

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about 1 month ago
telegraph.co.uk

Covid Inquiry latest: Boris Johnson was 'wrong' prime minister to tackle pandemic - watch live

Lee Cain has suggested that Boris Johnson was the wrong prime minister for the pandemic as he did not have the approp...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Boris Johnson's former chief aide Dominic Cummings will give evidence to Covid inquiry TODAY afte...

Dominic Cummings is set to be grilled at the official Covid inquiry after an appearance by ex-Downing Street communic...

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about 1 month ago
chroniclelive.co.uk

Vigil at Barnard Castle as Dominic Cummings to make Covid inquiry appearance

Campaigners projected the Covid death toll on to the walls of Barnard Castle

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

'Unforgiveable': Covid bereaved condemn Boris Johnson for half-term break as pandemic hit UK

The former prime minister's handling of the early days of the pandemic has come under further scrutiny after evidence...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Ex-No10 chief Martin Reynolds reveals he turned on disappearing messages in key Covid WhatsApp gr...

Former No10 permanent secretary Martin Reynolds was grilled about the use of WhatsApp as he gave evidence to the inqu...

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about 1 month ago
cornwalllive.com

Political war of words breaks out over future Government funding for Cornwall

Cornwall Council shadow economy member accuses Conservative cabinet of a 'breathtaking scale of betrayal' over Shared...

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about 1 month ago
telegraph.co.uk

Boris Johnson to join GB News as presenter and commentator

Former prime minister to start work at channel next year, where he will act as a pundit and present new series about ...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Rishi Sunak's 'old' mobile number is disconnected from WhatsApp as footage of prank call is delet...

Concerns were sparked after footage of a prank call was posted online, showing a phone ringing and then seemingly goi...

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about 1 month ago
inews.co.uk

Head of UK Civil Service Simon Case to take medical leave of absence

Mr Case, 44, had been due to give evidence to the Covid Inquiry in early November but his appearance is now expected ...

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case 'is taking short period of medical leave' as his Covid inquiry...

Simon Case, the UK's most senior civil servant, is expected to be off for 'a few weeks' due to the 'private' issue.

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about 1 month ago
dailymail.co.uk

Security fears as prank callers get through to voicemail on Rishi Sunak's 'old' mobile number

Security fears were sparked today after a prank call apparently to Rishi Sunak's voicemail was posted online.

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about 2 months ago
inews.co.uk

Three key things to watch for in Tamworth and Mid Beds by-election results

What could we read from the results - beyond simply who has won and who has lost?

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about 2 months ago
inews.co.uk

'Carrie's in charge': WhatsApps reveal Cabinet Secretary slammed Johnson's Covid-era leadership

Evidence submitted to Covid inquiry shows top civil servant described Boris Johnson’s government as a 'tragic joke'

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about 2 months ago
walesonline.co.uk

Boris Johnson thought it was 'wrong' to have regular meetings with Mark Drakeford during Covid pa...

He said he 'tended to be a target of nationalist ire' and that he didn't want it to look like the UK was 'a kind of m...

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about 2 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Desperate Tories experiment with government by conspiracy theory

The UK Conservative party is in a dark place, and it’s likely to get darker. The party of Churchill and Thatcher — th...

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