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Boris Johnson said face masks guidance was ‘b----cks’, Covid Inquiry hears
Prof Dame Jenny Harries also questions Government’s advice on use of home-made face coverings in inquiry evidence and their effectiveness
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Covid could be ‘man-made’, Michael Gove tells inquiry
Levelling Up Secretary also defends Boris Johnson and says Cabinet Office was not effective at dealing with crises
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Boris Johnson wanted ‘bigger fines’ for pandemic rule-breakers
Former PM’s call for ‘tougher enforcement’ in note to colleagues shows ‘crushing irony’, says lead counsel to the Covid Inquiry
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Five damning moments from the Covid Inquiry today: Working in No 10 ‘like taming wild animals’
Wednesday’s evidence featured exchanges on Boris Johnson’s stamina, Matt Hancock’s ankles and Downing Street work culture
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Boris Johnson wanted to ‘jack in’ lockdowns that were ‘smashing up the economy’
Covid Inquiry sees handwritten notes from then PM, who wrote that No 10 had lost public support over ‘draconian measures’
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Simon Case had ‘never seen a bunch less well-equipped to run a country’, Covid Inquiry hears
Cabinet Secretary wrote in WhatsApp message that people in Number 10 ‘are so mad’ and ‘self-defeating’
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Covid minister praised ‘hugely successful’ elderly care plan
Patients were discharged from hospital without a test, since ruled unlawful by High Court
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Boris Johnson described Treasury as ‘pro-death’ during discussions about lifting lockdown, inquiry hears
Inquiry also shown WhatsApp messages between Dr Ben Warner and No 10 official Tom Shinner, describing Downing Street as a ‘madhouse’
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Boris Johnson blames NHS failure to tackle bed-blocking for lockdown
In statement to Covid Inquiry, former PM says health service had not addressed problem of delayed hospital discharges
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Gavin Williamson's department knew exams would be 'unfair'
Helen MacNamara tells Covid Inquiry she was dismayed England made same mistakes as Scotland in using algorithm for grades