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The Latest Breaking News from Chris Wormald

Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset

The prime minister builds towards a major relaunch after only five months of government as he picks Sir Chris Wormald, the Department of Health’s long-serving permanent secretary, to take over as the new cabinet secretary running Whitehall

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove amid PPE scandal

MICHELLE Mone has attacked both Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove as questions around her involvement with Covid contracts awarded to her husband’s…

The National (Scotland)

Social care sector 'broadly relaxed' about visa changes, Health Secretary claims

International care workers will be banned from bringing dependants when they move to the UK under the changes

Evening Standard

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What we learned from Patrick Vallance at the Covid inquiry

Chief scientific adviser in pandemic says lockdown should have come sooner and Boris Johnson is not great at science

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak was ‘not pleased’ at early prospect of London lockdown

Sir Patrick Vallance’s argument for tighter restrictions due to the early spread of Covid-19 in London was rejected by ministers.

The Independent UK

UK should have gone into lockdown earlier, Patrick Vallance tells Covid inquiry

Government’s top scientist said he was reprimanded for saying action should have been taken sooner

The Guardian - UK

‘The blame game’: revelations from health officials at UK Covid inquiry

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

The Guardian - UK

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A nation off-guard: what the UK Covid inquiry has revealed

Six weeks of hearings have seen arguments about pandemic planning bound up with old battles over Brexit and austerity

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: what we have heard so far

Relatives of those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic turned their backs on Matt Hancock as he arrived to give his testimony at the Covid inquiry.

The Week

Funding and mental health staff retention go ‘hand-in-hand’ – NHS chief

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs there is a direct link between mental health staff shortages and the funding available.

The Independent UK

Government fraud investigators probe PPE contracts, MPs told

Officials told the Public Accounts Committee they had ‘concerns’ over 176 contracts to supply equipment to the NHS.

The Independent UK

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