Covid inquiry

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

Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid inquiry: by turns defensive, lawyerly and very raw

Trust in Scotland’s former first minister has ebbed since the height of the pandemic, as evidence reveals a presidential leadership style that came to exhaust her

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

31, Jan, 2024 @7:02 PM