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Labours shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds defended Sir Keir Starmers article praising Margaret Thatcher. Tzipi Hotovely, Israels ambassador to the UK, pushed back on Trevor Phillips question that Israels aim to destroy Hamas has resulted in abandoning hostages.

Discredited ex-PM faces a demolition job in one of the few policy areas to which he and his allies still cling

“We’d be fucked if there was an election tomorrow,” party officials say, as talks with civil service put on ice.

London (AP): The UK’s former health secretary told a COVID-19 inquiry Thursday that the British government would have saved many lives if it had acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown weeks earlier than it did in March 2020. Matt Hancock, who...

Former health secretary says No.10 needs to be capable of operating effectively even when “unprofessional” individuals have significant power

The U.K.s former health secretary told a covid-19 inquiry Thursday that the British government would have saved many lives if it had acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown weeks earlier than it did in March 2020.

The former health secretary gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Thursday.

The ex-health secretary denies lying during the pandemic and criticises atmosphere in government.

Former health secretary Matt Hancock played a key role in the UK's response to the COVID pandemic - and his decisions will today be scrutinised by the official inquiry.

The former miniser denied there had been ‘absence of a plan and insisted his department did ‘rise to the challenge of the pandemic.