DVLA staff vote to strike over Covid health and safety fears
12 Mar 2021 Coronavirus
DVLA staff vote to strike over Covid health and safety fears
Members of the civil service’s biggest union back industrial action following concerns about infection rates and on-site staffing numbers
Outsourcer Sitel told contact tracers to use personal email accounts to share case details
11 Mar 2021 Coronavirus
Outsourcer Sitel told contact tracers to use personal email accounts to share case details
Managers rejected whistleblower's suggestion there was "probably a GDPR problem with sharing personal information via personal email"
MPs question return on DHSC’s ‘staggering’ £37bn NHS Test and Trace programme
10 Mar 2021 Coronavirus
MPs question return on DHSC’s ‘staggering’ £37bn NHS Test and Trace programme
Report flags “persistent reliance” on thousands of consultants, paid up to £6,624 a day and significant unused laboratory capacity for coronavirus tests
RSS demands ‘full review’ of government’s use of health statistics
09 Mar 2021 Coronavirus
RSS demands ‘full review’ of government’s use of health statistics
One year on from their Covid-19 action plan, ministers need to start learning lessons, says Royal Statistical Society
Budget 2021: Sunak ups Covid support but warns of need to 'rebuild fiscal resilience'
03 Mar 2021 Coronavirus
Budget 2021: Sunak ups Covid support but warns of need to 'rebuild fiscal resilience'
OBR warns departments could face "increasingly tight budgets" as chancellor pledges to rebuild "fiscal resilience”
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
25 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
Business insists £400m worth of coronavirus related contracts accounted for less than 1% of increase in underlying trading profit
June Raine made permanent CEO of medicines regulator
25 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
June Raine made permanent CEO of medicines regulator
DHSC praises “crucial” role in rapid authorisation of Covid vaccines and formalises interim arrangements in place since 2019
Harding: cutting test and trace consultant numbers ‘subject to future demand’
24 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Harding: cutting test and trace consultant numbers ‘subject to future demand’
Dido Harding says consultants are "scaling down" work on NHS Test and Trace, but won't commit to longer-term cuts
Gove and Hancock rebuked for failing to appear before Covid-19 probe
24 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Gove and Hancock rebuked for failing to appear before Covid-19 probe
PACAC chair William Wragg says cabinet ministers should not “shy away from scrutiny”
PM sets out ‘cautious but irreversible’ roadmap to end lockdown
23 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
PM sets out ‘cautious but irreversible’ roadmap to end lockdown
Schools will reopen to all pupils on 8 March while limits on social gatherings could go in June
All the key dates in Boris Johnson’s roadmap to end lockdown
23 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
All the key dates in Boris Johnson’s roadmap to end lockdown
Four-phase plan includes earliest targets for non-essential shops and pubs to reopen
Hancock defends DHSC in Covid procurement row
23 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Hancock defends DHSC in Covid procurement row
Health secretary brushes off questions on High Court transparency decision and says it would be “ridiculous” to stop work being won by acquaintances of ministers