Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity

Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’

Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies

Doctor and campaigner Julia Patterson on how politicians have betrayed the NHS and how we can fight for its future

Tory MPs championed a report from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) that used debunked figures

Covid-19 inquiry hears how, despite warnings to stockpile PPE, Black healthcare staff had fewer masks available

Tens of thousands of transgender people have exercised their right to self-ID in Argentina over the last decade

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Ex-PM accused of being ‘in denial’ about the impact of cuts to UK services under his leadership

A senior civil servant said the government's planning was focused on a no-deal Brexit and flu pandemics

Covid-19 inquiry expert witnesses found almost no emergency planning material that mentioned health inequalities

‘Lessons learned’ review reveals the government knew in 2020 that protecting NHS capacity had harmed adult social care

Experts on emergency planning and management give frank assessment of UK’s preparedness as public hearings continue

Explosive admission made in top secret Covid ‘lessons learned’ review obtained by openDemocracy after two-year battle

Britain is rightly outraged by a woman’s imprisonment for abortion. But there’s no such thing as a good jail sentence

It marks a change in tone from Boris Johnson's claims that he and the Tory government got the “big calls right”

Families’ lawyers demand answers over role of discrimination in determining who died

Your guide to the independent inquiry into Britain’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which kicks off on 13 June

Exclusive: One woman tells of fears that her baby may have been a victim of an alleged illegal adoption network in Armenia

How regional inequality, poor planning and conscientious objections have affected abortion rights in Castilla y León

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