As the UK's Covid inquiry gets under way amid legal action from the government and the scandal of missing evidence,...

Not one of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice’s 20 witnesses has been called to speak in the inquiry’s first module

Government protestations over ‘privacy’ ignore our need to know how far neoliberalism is to blame for Covid deaths

A São Paulo anti-abortion centre has forged lucrative ties to leading far-right political figures

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Revelation of missing phone comes as Cabinet Office launches legal battle with Covid-19 inquiry

Experts say there is no safe level of exposure to the substances, which are prevalent in firefighters’ foam

Department of Health and Social Care may be held in contempt of court for missing information commissioner’s deadline

Revealed: Members of alleged illegal adoption gang that sold babies to Italy keep high-profile jobs despite charges

The police are a danger to people in mental health distress, but austerity has left the NHS unable to step in

Revealed: Official inquiry into the pandemic is looking for ‘new partners’ to continue work by M&C Saatchi and 23Red

Headache deepens for Cabinet Office as it deems information about alleged Chequers gatherings ‘irrelevant’ to inquiry

Glove tycoon Robert Gros splashed millions on luxury homes and planned to build cinema, disco and golf simulator

A group of women who spent years in prison are now supporting others persecuted under El Salvador’s draconian laws

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The government has no statutory duty to identify or support children whose parents are in prison. Why not?

Despite organisers’ best efforts, openDemocracy still got a reporter into the National Conservatism conference

People living with HIV/AIDS said missing out on the $29m Global Fund grant would have “catastrophic consequences”

Feminist groups tell of increasingly hostile environment under Erdoğan – but say opposition doesn’t go far enough

Russia’s invasion has impacted women in many ways, from pregnancy care to sexual violence as a weapon of war

Controversy strikes the man who put suffering Ukraine on the couch and helped it heal

Campaigners question why huge sums are being handed to multi-billion pound companies over local health experts