Covid Inquiry
US shared ‘gobsmacking’ lab leak evidence with UK at height of Covid-19
World
However, some government figures, including Michael Gove, have since said that they believe the virus was “man-made”. Mr Gove told the Covid ...
Humza Yousaf accused of lying to MSPs after denying Covid travel ban was politically motivated
U.K.
Humza Yousaf has been accused of lying to MSPs after new evidence emerged which supports claims that the SNP lifted Covid travel ...
Britain risks losing power to control future lockdowns to WHO
Health
Concerns have also been raised that Britain could be forced to spend five per cent of its health budget on preparing for ...
Covid inquiry appears ‘fundamentally biased’, say scientists
Health
The Covid Inquiry appears to be “fundamentally biased” and is failing to examine the costs of lockdown, leading scientists have warned. In ...
ONS accused of overestimating excess deaths in first year of pandemic
Health
The ONS pointed out that the revised methodology had actually lowered the number of excess deaths in 2020 from 84,064 to 76,412 ...
Covid Inquiry latest: Nicola Sturgeon gives evidence
U.K.
Nicola Sturgeon has downplayed her use of WhatsApp and informal messaging during the pandemic as she gives evidence to the Covid Inquiry ...
BBC ‘misrepresented’ virus to boost lockdown support, says top scientist
Health
He said further evidence of this was provided by a briefing dated March 22 2020 by a sub-group of the UK Government’s ...
Boris Johnson closed schools in Covid panic, says Gavin Williamson
U.K.
Boris Johnson made a “panicked” decision to close schools in January 2021, Gavin Williamson has told the Covid Inquiry. Mr Williamson, who ...
Too many people worked from home during pandemic, says Rishi Sunak
Business
Hugo Keith KC, counsel to the inquiry, asked whether the worry was that the public had not understood “sufficiently clearly from the ...
Britain is paying the deadly price for telling the public to ‘protect the NHS’
Health
One of the most controversial slogans during the lockdowns was telling people to stay home to “protect the NHS”. This was deeply ...