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Published in: Home: NewsFormer health secretary Jeremy Hunt faces public Covid inquiry for first time
Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
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Published in: Home: NewsDeputy PM defends pause of pandemic prep to plan for no-deal Brexit
Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’
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Published in: Home: NewsUK didn’t invest in public health – Cameron and May’s chief medical officer
Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies
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Published in: Home: OpinionNHS at 75: Fund it properly or hold a referendum on its future
Doctor and campaigner Julia Patterson on how politicians have betrayed the NHS and how we can fight for its future
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Published in: Home: NewsJacob Rees-Mogg under fire for backing anti-abortion misinformation
Tory MPs championed a report from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) that used debunked figures
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment stockpiled ‘much’ less PPE for Black staff – health chief
Covid-19 inquiry hears how, despite warnings to stockpile PPE, Black healthcare staff had fewer masks available
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhat the world has to learn from Argentina about trans rights
Tens of thousands of transgender people have exercised their right to self-ID in Argentina over the last decade
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Published in: Home: NewsDavid Cameron grilled over claims austerity helped UK prepare for pandemic
Ex-PM accused of being ‘in denial’ about the impact of cuts to UK services under his leadership
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Published in: Home: NewsLockdowns not considered in UK’s emergency plans, Covid inquiry hears
A senior civil servant said the government's planning was focused on a no-deal Brexit and flu pandemics
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Published in: Home: NewsUK didn’t consider structural racism in pandemic planning, documents reveal
Covid-19 inquiry expert witnesses found almost no emergency planning material that mentioned health inequalities
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Published in: Home: News‘Murderers’: Families slam secret Covid report
‘Lessons learned’ review reveals the government knew in 2020 that protecting NHS capacity had harmed adult social care
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Published in: Home: NewsUK still doesn’t keep public safe from pandemics, experts tell Covid inquiry
Experts on emergency planning and management give frank assessment of UK’s preparedness as public hearings continue
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Government knew it had prioritised NHS ‘to detriment of care homes’
Explosive admission made in top secret Covid ‘lessons learned’ review obtained by openDemocracy after two-year battle
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDebate about woman jailed for abortion is missing something crucial
Britain is rightly outraged by a woman’s imprisonment for abortion. But there’s no such thing as a good jail sentence
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment won’t claim it ‘did everything right’ during the pandemic
It marks a change in tone from Boris Johnson's claims that he and the Tory government got the “big calls right”
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Published in: Home: NewsBereaved families’ hardship will be recognised, vows Covid inquiry chair
Families’ lawyers demand answers over role of discrimination in determining who died
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Published in: Home: ExplainerEverything you need to know about the UK Covid-19 inquiry
Your guide to the independent inquiry into Britain’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which kicks off on 13 June
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘How on earth could I think that a doctor would deceive me?’
Exclusive: One woman tells of fears that her baby may have been a victim of an alleged illegal adoption network in Armenia
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureSpain’s new abortion law has difficult realities to address
How regional inequality, poor planning and conscientious objections have affected abortion rights in Castilla y León
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Published in: Home: NewsopenDemocracy hires Covid inquiry reporters after crowdfunder success
Our readers have paid for three journalists to report on the historic UK Covid inquiry, which begins next week