4 h. ago Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings and refusal to apologise

Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted to horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column

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5 h. ago Johnson says Covid inquiry that criticised chaos in his government ‘muddled’

The former prime minister said the Hallett report should be ‘filed vertically’.

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13 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: On Covid there are two big questions: Where did the virus come from

What is in the news in Britain, asks BORIS JOHNSON. What are they talking about? You rub your eyes in sheer amazement. Covid!

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20 h. ago Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid

Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

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24 h. ago Voices: ‘We need leaders to lead’: Readers have their say on the UK’s delayed Covid pandemic response

Our community largely agreed with the Covid inquiry findings that Boris Johnson’s government was chaotic and poorly prepared, though many also stressed the broader context of conflicting scientific advice, years of underfunding, and systemic failings that compounded the crisis

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26 h. ago Covid inquiry latest: Bereaved families hit out at Johnson’s ‘deafening silence’ over pandemic mistakes

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK campaign group said Boris Johnson’s pandemic actions were a ‘grave betrayal’ of the British public

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26 h. ago Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning Covid inquiry report

Nadine Dorries and Lord Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Baroness Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives

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29 h. ago Nearly 6,000 Londoners died due to Covid within weeks after 'deadly delay' in ordering lockdown

Boris Johnson’s government was slammed by the Covid Inquiry for its ‘chaos’ and the ‘toxic’ culture in No10

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31 h. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson put his reputation above public safety, say bereaved families

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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32 h. ago Why Covid inquiry's savage criticism of Boris Johnson is a warning to us all

Despite being overly reliant on the UK Government’s response to Covid, the Scottish Government’s relations with Westminster were marked by ‘constant tension’

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42 h. ago Boris Johnson Covid rule breaks and Partygate 'caused huge distress', inquiry finds

The former Prime Minister and his closest advisors' actions with Partygate and other rule breaks have been found to have directly distressed Brits who observed the rules while caring for loved ones

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43 h. ago This shameful Covid report leaves no way back for Boris Johnson

Editorial: That 23,000 people in England alone lost their lives because of the dithering of the former leader is a fitting – and awful – denouement to the political career of a man who was never up to the job of prime minister

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45 h. ago Covid inquiry latest: UK’s pandemic response ‘too little, too late’, says inquiry chair

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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45 h. ago Covid chaos in Boris Johnson’s government led to 23,000 deaths, damning inquiry finds

Covid inquiry report finds Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings presided over ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at heart of Number 10

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45 h. ago Toxic No 10 culture, unnecessary deaths and failed children: Key takeaways from the Covid Inquiry report

Boris Johnson had failed to appreciate the ‘urgency of the situation’ and had failed to tackle a toxic culture in Downing Street

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45 h. ago Johnson and Cummings oversaw ‘toxic and chaotic’ Downing Street – Covid inquiry

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

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46 h. ago Chaos in Boris Johnson’s government and failure to take Covid seriously led to 23,000 deaths, report finds

Covid Inquiry report finds Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings presided over ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at heart of Number 10

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46 h. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson reinforced ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at No 10 in bombshell report

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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46 h. ago Government ‘chaos’ under Boris Johnson and failure to tackle Covid cost 23,000 lives, inquiry finds

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was highly critical of former prime minister Boris Johnson and his team

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46 h. ago Covid Inquiry concludes Boris Johnson’s late lockdowns killed thousands

The inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic says Boris Johnson’s ‘toxic’ government repeatedly acted ‘too little, too late’ and 23,000 lives could have been saved if the first lockdown had come a week earlier

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