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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson ‘to admit he made mistakes’
Ex-PM also reportedly to argue at inquiry next week that his actions saved many thousands of lives Boris Johnson is reportedly expected to tell the Covid inquiry he “unquestionably made…
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We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28
Continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next pandemic, says public health body Africa’s leading public health body is using the first ever health…
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Boris Johnson’s legacy will be shaped by Covid inquiry appearance
Discredited ex-PM faces a demolition job in one of the few policy areas to which he and his allies still cling Even at the height of his popularity, Boris Johnson…
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Hancock messages claimed Sunak ‘would have pressured Johnson’ to avoid lockdown
Former health secretary also discusses discharge of patients to care homes during second day at Covid inquiry UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak put Boris Johnson under “enormous…
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Boris Johnson wanted ‘massive fines’ for lockdown breaches, Covid inquiry hears
PM favoured ‘a lot more punishments’, Patrick Vallance wrote in diary in September 2020, three months after unlawful No 10 party Boris Johnson pushed to “punish people who aren’t doing…
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Texas lawsuit claims Pfizer exaggerated effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccine
State attorney general Ken Paxton files suit despite medical consensus that vaccine prevents severe infection and death The attorney general of Texas is suing the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, alleging that…
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Matt Hancock acknowledges ‘transgressions’ affected confidence in UK Covid rules – video
Matt Hancock has accepted that ‘transgressions’ in his personal life may have affected the UK public’s confidence in rules put in place to stop the spread of Covid. Hancock resigned…
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A dock of sorts for the men who failed Britain during Covid – but they may yet escape | Andy Beckett
The dereliction of Boris Johnson and his allies is daily being laid bare. The key is to remember what they did and hold them to account In so many ways,…
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The Guardian view on Matt Hancock at the Covid inquiry: a loss of dignity | Editorial
If the former health secretary wants to avoid being the fall guy for Britain’s pandemic failures, he should stop the constant overclaiming Few public figures have emerged from the Covid-19…
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Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry
Ex-health secretary has described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by ‘culture of fear’ Tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if the UK had locked down three…