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Cash to isolate 'would have cut Covid deaths'

3 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig May 28, 2025, 2:55 PM

Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments.

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Johnson wanted tighter Covid rules, inquiry hears

2 Hits Marina Schwab May 22, 2025, 6:54 PM

In his diaries, Lord Vallance wrote that ex-PM thought rules were not ruthless enough.

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The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS

1 Hits Yuan Wang Apr 7, 2025, 10:33 PM

With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could...

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Hancock criticises 'wholly naive' Covid inquiry

2 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig Mar 19, 2025, 4:58 PM

The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.

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Labour's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma

2 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig Mar 17, 2025, 5:38 AM

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

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Mone accuses Covid inquiry of 'cover-up'

2 Hits Marina Schwab Mar 13, 2025, 6:33 PM

She says husband Doug Barrowman and her are targets of a "politically motivated witch hunt".

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Michael Gove denies trying to circumvent Dyson ventilator checks

2 Hits Mariyam Basra Mar 11, 2025, 11:55 AM

Former cabinet minister says it would be ludicrous to suggest he tried to shortcut safety checks in the pandemic.

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Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private

2 Hits Prabhu Kumar Feb 25, 2025, 11:37 PM

Covid inquiry says hearings into the firm, led by Michelle Mone's husband, must be held in closed session.

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First place in British Isles set to approve right to die

2 Hits Milo Munro Feb 25, 2025, 12:47 PM

Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages...

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Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people

2 Hits Prabhu Kumar Feb 25, 2025, 5:36 AM

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.