The Scottish Government “had no real strategy” for the pandemic in the early part of 2020, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found.

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

The peer told a public inquiry she had to constantly battle for justice and her family had been punished despite her son having done nothing wrong.

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said it is ‘a waste of young lives’ when young people are not in education, employment or training.

Former chief executive Francis Doherty told the committee that the charity was ‘verging on total collapse’ in 2023.

Mounfield was part of The Stone Roses’ classic line-up alongside singer Brown, guitarist John Squire and drummer Alan ‘Reni’ Wren.

The former first minister and a small group of ministers and advisers met and made decisions outside the Cabinet.

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

AYRSHIRE councils came together to hold an important road safety event recently. Run in partnership with the Ayrshire Roads Alliance and North Ayrshire Council, the event offered drivers the chance to ...

The Serious Fraud Office has raided properties in West Yorkshire and London and arrested two men after launching its first major investigation into fraud linked to cryptocurrency. It said the action ...

Chaos at the heart of government and a failure to take Covid-19 seriously cost 23,000 lives in the first wave of the pandemic, a public inquiry has concluded.

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.