lockdown
Four Tory MPs cleared of breaching lockdown rules by standards watchdog
Backbencher Sir Bernard Jenkin was among those who attended a drinks event in Parliament in December 2020.
‘Women need to relax - not by watching Loose Women but by relaxing about how far you’ve got’ - Co Down novelist Roisin Maguire
Grandmother Roisin Maguire speaks to Jenny Lee about her 'give it a go' attitude to life and her new novel, a charming take on community and connection in a remote coastal village during the Covid lockdown
Boris Johnson begins second day of evidence at Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson has kicked off his second day of evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Khan says ‘lives could have been saved’ if Government kept him informed on Covid
Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.
Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as ‘pro-death squad’, inquiry hears
The former prime minister reportedly used the phrase at a meeting in January 2021, when he wanted a path to eased restrictions.
Treasury had no estimated cost of lockdown, says former chief economic adviser
Clare Lombardelli said there was ‘no way’ to properly gauge the economic impact of national restrictions.
Johnson suggested he ‘thought Covid was nature’s way of dealing with old people’
Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance hit out in his diaries about ‘quite a bonkers set of exchanges’ featuring the ex-prime minister.
Covid lockdown was a ‘failure of public health policy’, inquiry hears
Professor Mark Woolhouse said the Government was not given the full range of options in November 2020.
School hit by concrete crisis wants lockdown-style GCSE and A-level assessments
St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham has had to ration face-to-face teaching after much of the site was closed off just before term started.
US student stranded at Somerset school credits lockdowns for exam success
Finn Bennett, 18, from Maine, achieved A, A and B in government and politics, business and economics A-levels.