4 w. 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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4 w. ago Covid response of ‘toxic’ UK government was ‘too little, too late’, inquiry finds

Report criticises culture in Downing Street during Boris Johnson’s tenure

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4 w. 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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4 w. ago The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and "oscillation" on key lockdown decisions

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4 w. 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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4 w. ago ‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response

Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10UK politics live –latest updatesThe UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Covid response of ‘toxic and chaotic’ UK government was ‘too little, too late’, inquiry finds

Report criticises culture in Downing Street during Boris Johnson’s tenure

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4 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson criticised over 'poor' covid relationship

Baroness Hallett said the antipathy between the duo made emergency body COBR less effective.

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