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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

Editorial: The latest report on the pandemic shows that grave failings were not limited to Boris Johnson. The government needs to prepare for the next crisis

Nadine Dorries and Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives

Official report condemns handling of pandemic by leaders of the UK’s devolved nations

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry also found the devolved administrations to be too reliant on the UK Government.

The inquiry found that chaos at the heart of the Conservative government and a failure to take COVID-19 seriously potentially cost 23,000 lives in England alone.

Damning analysis finds former PM failed to act with urgency and was disengaged in early stage of the pandemic

A public inquiry has criticized the U_K_'s initial COVID-19 response in early 2020 as “too little, too late.”

The report published on Thursday focuses on the core political and administrative decision-making across the UK in response to the pandemic.