Articles tagged with: Covid-19 inquiry
Crisis response handbook update sets out more prominent role for Cabinet Office
02 May Civil Service Reform
Crisis response handbook update sets out more prominent role for Cabinet Office
Refresh sets out new structures for responding to catastrophic crises, including new crisis SRO role
Ministers sidestep ‘most important’ recommendation from first Covid Inquiry report
17 Jan Civil Service Reform
Ministers sidestep ‘most important’ recommendation from first Covid Inquiry report
Government agrees "broadly" with panel's proposals, but swerves several key suggestions
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
24 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
Cabinet Office minister says he will chair a cabinet committee on resilience to oversee the review
Covid Inquiry: Bereaved families call for transparent reviews of culture at heart of government
13 Dec 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Bereaved families call for transparent reviews of culture at heart of government
Lawyer for Covid bereaved families campaign says inquiry has "exposed shortfalls" of the UK’s system of governance, with Cummings given “almost unfettered power”
Covid Inquiry: Sunak defends pandemic decision-making structures
11 Dec 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Sunak defends pandemic decision-making structures
PM says having Covid Taskforce in place from start of pandemic would have “definitely improved things”
Covid Inquiry: Johnson says WhatsApp 'somehow automatically erased' 5,000 messages
11 Dec 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Johnson says WhatsApp 'somehow automatically erased' 5,000 messages
Former prime minister claims lack of detail from messages sent during key early weeks of pandemic is due to program "going down and coming back up again"
'Significant overhaul is needed': Insights from a previously-secret review of centre-of-government crisis capabilities
08 Dec 2023 Analysis
'Significant overhaul is needed': Insights from a previously-secret review of centre-of-government crisis capabilities
Review makes 23 recommendations for “higher-quality faster-paced central decision making”, including reinvigorating the lead government response model
Covid Inquiry: Social care structures made care home response difficult, Hancock says
01 Dec 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Social care structures made care home response difficult, Hancock says
Former health secretary admits it was misleading to say the government had thrown a protective ring around care homes from start of pandemic
Whitty: No.10 should have consulted scientists on Eat Out To Help Out
22 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Whitty: No.10 should have consulted scientists on Eat Out To Help Out
Chief medical officer says he "firmly" told Downing Street it should have informed him and Patrick Vallance about the Covid policy
MacNamara: Whitehall processes 'bent out of shape' by Brexit work ahead of pandemic
02 Nov 2023 Brexit
MacNamara: Whitehall processes 'bent out of shape' by Brexit work ahead of pandemic
Former official says Brexit preparations led to the centre holding too much power, with departments "disempowered"
Helen MacNamara: 'Extraordinarily difficult' to provide Covid inquiry evidence after Cabinet Office wiped work phone
01 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Helen MacNamara: 'Extraordinarily difficult' to provide Covid inquiry evidence after Cabinet Office wiped work phone
Former deputy cabinet secretary also said government 'hadn't done any proper planning' just days before lockdown
Court forces Cabinet Office to hand over Johnson WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry
07 Jul 2023 Coronavirus
Court forces Cabinet Office to hand over Johnson WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry
Court says Covid Inquiry should be able to "fish for documents" and return those it deems irrelevant
Government pandemic planning doctrine was 'wrong', Hancock tells Covid Inquiry
28 Jun 2023 Coronavirus
Government pandemic planning doctrine was 'wrong', Hancock tells Covid Inquiry
Covid-era health secretary says UK was too focused on having enough body bags and burial space, and not enough on avoiding deaths
Covid Inquiry: DHSC did not plan for pandemic quarantine measures despite 'system overload' warning
27 Jun 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: DHSC did not plan for pandemic quarantine measures despite 'system overload' warning
DHSC board warned in 2016 of need for quarantine and contact-tracing preparations, inquiry hears
Covid Inquiry: Whitty warns of 'weaknesses' in scientific advice system between emergencies
23 Jun 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Whitty warns of 'weaknesses' in scientific advice system between emergencies
Chief medical officer calls for more "radical" thinking and says scientists have to "elbow their way in" outside of emergencies
Covid Inquiry: Civil service churn 'disastrous' for UK, ex-minister says
21 Jun 2023 HR
Covid Inquiry: Civil service churn 'disastrous' for UK, ex-minister says
Oliver Letwin says most officials knew less than him about emergency planning by the end of his spell as a Cabinet Office minister
Covid public inquiry hearings ‘will not begin until 2023 at the earliest’
11 Mar 2022 Coronavirus
Covid public inquiry hearings ‘will not begin until 2023 at the earliest’
Revelation comes as inquiry chair puts draft terms of reference out to consultation
Specialist consultants called in to help with Covid public inquiry comms strategy Exclusive
17 Feb 2022 Commercial
Specialist consultants called in to help with Covid public inquiry comms strategy
Agency to provide advice on media relations and a consultation on the public inquiry's terms of reference