News / Boris Johnson said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’ Former prime minister said he agreed that ‘we should let the old people get it’, today’s Covid inquiry heard By finlay johnston / 31 Oct 2023
News / Boris Johnson’s indecisiveness led to lockdown delays, Covid inquiry hears The prime minister’s ‘oscillating’ was partly to blame for a 10-day delay in announcing a national lockdown By Indra Warnes and finlay johnston / 31 Oct 2023
News / Why destroy economy for people who will die anyway, Johnson said to have asked Explosive claim about former prime minister based on notebooks from his one-time aide, Imran Shafi By finlay johnston / 30 Oct 2023
News / Boris Johnson took no Covid updates during February 2020 half-term break Former aide Martin Reynolds tells Covid inquiry he “cannot recall” why PM was given no updates for ten days By finlay johnston and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 30 Oct 2023
News / Johnson aide set key WhatsApp group to auto-delete ahead of Covid inquiry Martin Reynolds turned on the setting as plans for the official probe took shape, inquiry hears By finlay johnston and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 30 Oct 2023
News / Boris Johnson ignored warnings from Covid scientists about public messaging A Cabinet Office scientist who raised concerns over ‘stay alert’ was told it was ‘too late’. SAGE was not even asked By finlay johnston / 18 Oct 2023
News / Lockdown messaging on domestic violence came ‘too late’, Covid inquiry told Exemptions for women and children leaving abusers was ‘hidden’ in government guidance, a leading charity said By finlay johnston / 6 Oct 2023
News / Keeping schools shut during Covid was ‘terrible mistake’, inquiry hears Former children’s commissioner aimed a swipe at Gavin Williamson and said government ‘overlooked’ young people By finlay johnston / 6 Oct 2023
News / 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 By finlay johnston / 17 Jul 2023
News / UK government ignored our letters, Welsh minister tells Covid inquiry Vaughan Gething accuses UK ministers including Matt Hancock of hampering Welsh pandemic prep by refusing to engage By finlay johnston / 4 Jul 2023
News / Welsh capacity to deal with infectious diseases was ‘inadequate’ before Covid There were no specialist ‘high consequence infectious disease’ units in Wales, Frank Atherton told the Covid inquiry By finlay johnston / 3 Jul 2023
News / Matt 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 By finlay johnston and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 27 Jun 2023