Covid inquiry
Welsh first minister rejects Covid inquiry perjury claims
Vaughan Gething expresses regret over donations scandal amid anger over separate allegations about deleted messages
Steven Morris
08, May, 2024 @10:00 AM
Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme
Exclusive: Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted
Pippa Crerar Political editor
11, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM
Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry
Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted sooner
Steven Morris
13, Mar, 2024 @5:15 PM
Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened
Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join party
Andrew Sparrow
11, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM
Covid bereaved accuse former Welsh health minister of incompetence
Families say Vaughan Gething’s ‘arrogance is astonishing’ after he reveals loss of WhatsApp messages
Steven Morris
11, Mar, 2024 @4:06 PM
Welsh government slow to debate Covid threat, inquiry told
Virus not discussed until weeks after chief medical officer warned of ‘significant risk’ it would reach Wales
Steven Morris
27, Feb, 2024 @3:34 PM
The Guardian view on Covid and devolution: Britain’s missing mindset | Editorial
Editorial: Lady Hallett’s inquiry is learning that the UK and Scottish governments each lacked respect for the sharing of powers
Editorial
01, Feb, 2024 @6:52 PM
Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – as it happened
Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’
Andrew Sparrow
01, Feb, 2024 @5:07 PM
‘I don’t buy it’: Scottish secretary dismisses Sturgeon’s Covid inquiry tears
Alister Jack suggests former first minister was insincere during her emotional daylong testimony
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
01, Feb, 2024 @3:35 PM
Of course Nicola Sturgeon cried at the Covid inquiry – her fatal flaws have been exposed | Dani Garavelli
From shocking levels of secrecy to control-freakery, her handling of the pandemic speaks to serious problems with her leadership, says journalist Dani Garavelli
Dani Garavelli
01, Feb, 2024 @12:43 PM
Pandemic meant no lifeguards at Cornish beaches when three died, inquest hears
Coroner says normally there would have been lifeguard service as he records misadventure conclusions
Steven Morris and agency
31, Jan, 2024 @7:25 PM
Sturgeon admits errors in handling of ‘incredibly stressful’ Covid crisis
Former first minister of Scotland admits to inquiry that she failed to properly record key discussions
Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks
31, Jan, 2024 @7:15 PM
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