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Published in: Home: NewsCovid inquiry hires Tory-linked PR firms to manage bereaved familiesExclusive: 23Red and M&C Saatchi did government PR during the pandemic. Families say ‘conflict of interest is obvious’
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment won’t rule out plugging NHS holes with retired medicsNumber 10 could consider repeating pandemic measure as spokesperson vows to ‘consider all options’
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Published in: 50.50: NewsExclusive: Suspended doctor is trustee of Belfast anti-abortion charityStanton Healthcare, accused of spreading anti-abortion misinformation, has a suspended anti-vax GP as a trustee
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe world burns and the richest profit. It doesn’t have to be this wayAs the effects of the climate crisis are seen in global heatwaves and droughts, oil firms are booming
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe flailing PM is rewriting history to claim ‘COVID success’. Don’t let himBoris Johnson looks set to cling to ‘the vaccine rollout’ in an effort to stay afloat. In truth, he failed on COVID
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow to get away with breaking the rules like Boris Johnson
A handy guide to wriggling out of accountability like the prime minister fending off a report by Sue Gray
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow the right-wing press used partygate to get rid of lockdownHundreds have died of COVID because the papers bullied Boris Johnson into lifting lockdown early
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Published in: Home: FeatureCOVID’s forgotten victims: How the pandemic failed to redefine obituariesLeading obituary writers discuss who gets to be publicly memorialised in death – and who doesn’t
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsExclusive: Consultancies win £700m in UK government’s COVID spending spreeBoris Johnson’s government condemned over ‘jaw-dropping’ cost of consultants, as new COVID contracts are made public
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsExclusive: Health and social care levy will cost NHS and care workers £390mopenDemocracy analysis finds National Insurance hike will force health and care staff in England to pay millions for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTesting firms ‘lost’ thousands who entered England with COVIDExclusive: Labour accused UK government of failing to regulate the ‘Wild West’ travel testing market that is failing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis11 things missing from Sue Gray’s reportThe civil servant’s report on Downing Street’s alleged lockdown parties has finally been released – all nine pages of it
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisSue Gray’s report: Who’s behind the partygate leaks – and why?Some of the Downing Street parties took place almost two years ago – why are we just finding out about them now?...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAre the unvaccinated becoming modern-day lepers?Will ‘health taxes’, fines, bans on foreign travel and a French strategy of ‘pissing them off’ nudge anti-vaxxers...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government refuses to say if Sue Gray’s interviews will be publishedExclusive: Fears of partygate ‘whitewash’ as government won’t commit to recording or publishing interviews – or even...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisIf we are to ‘live with’ COVID-19, we must decide what we really valueIt is wishful thinking to pretend we can return to pre-pandemic norms. The time has come to decide what kind of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureDispatches from Westminster Greggs: BYOB, wine time and Big Dog’s dank beatsAn oD contact ‘found’ this dossier under a pile of napkins. Investigations as to its authenticity have been hampered...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAfter two years of COVID, Johnson’s priority is still wealth over healthThis week marks two years since the first mention of COVID in UK media. Looking back, the government's path was...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK broke law with COVID deals for ‘VIP’ firms run by government contacts
High Court rules ministers acted unlawfully by giving multi-million-pound PPE supply deals to a pest control company...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat is UK government hiding on WhatsApp? We have no idea – that’s the problemWe know Boris Johnson asked Lord Brownlow for money for his flat refurb because the latter kept the messages. But...
