Cost of Covid rises to £372bn, National Audit Office finds
18 May 2021 Coronavirus
Cost of Covid rises to £372bn, National Audit Office finds
HMRC has highest pandemic spending level of any government department, according to watchdog
PM delays independent Covid inquiry until 2022
13 May 2021 Coronavirus
PM delays independent Covid inquiry until 2022
But Downing Street admits at least one internal lessons-learned probe has already completed
DWP staff balloted over Covid safety fears
05 May 2021 Coronavirus
DWP staff balloted over Covid safety fears
Union asks jobcentre workers for views on strike action as face-to-face interviews increase
PPE procurement drive left civil servants ‘drowning’ in VIP requests
23 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
PPE procurement drive left civil servants ‘drowning’ in VIP requests
Good Law Project says government’s “high-priority lane” for suppliers hampered officials’ ability to buy necessary equipment from legitimate suppliers
MPs slam lack of planning and poor data in Covid shielding scheme
22 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
MPs slam lack of planning and poor data in Covid shielding scheme
Some 800,000 people may have “slipped through the net and missed out on much-needed support”
Government launches antivirals taskforce to help country ‘learn to live' with Covid
21 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Government launches antivirals taskforce to help country ‘learn to live' with Covid
New taskforce will lead development of coronavirus treatments in tablet or capsule form
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
16 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
Home Office says new service will visit up to 10,000 people a day who are supposed to be isolating at home
Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
14 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
Procurement data reveals consultancy brought in to cover six-month drive to recruit specialists
DWP staff ‘angry’ over pandemic safety at jobcentres
13 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
DWP staff ‘angry’ over pandemic safety at jobcentres
Union says strike action could follow “reckless” increase of face-to-face interviews
Look out the suitcase: Grant Shapps says people can start planning foreign holidays again
09 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Look out the suitcase: Grant Shapps says people can start planning foreign holidays again
Department for Transport set to publish a traffic light travel system to provide information on safe destinations
Union claims strong support for DVLA strike
08 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Union claims strong support for DVLA strike
PCS says more than 1,400 members walked out of agency’s Swansea HQ on first day of Covid-safety dispute
Government hiring a £3,750-a-week consultant to ‘normalise testing as part of everyday life’
07 Apr 2021 Coronavirus
Government hiring a £3,750-a-week consultant to ‘normalise testing as part of everyday life’
Communications role to develop plan to support expansion of asymptomatic testing