The search for blame rather than truth at the inquiry is fuelling a theatre of humiliation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Much of the day focussed on WhatsApps. Yes, WhatsApps

Dominic Cummings asked whether the true problem was him ‘calling Hancock “a lying c*** killing people’” or ‘Hancock actually being a lying c*** killing people’

Case studies created by Google Bard AI as part of submission to parliamentary inquiry proven to be factually incorrect

Lord Simon Stevens, who led NHS England, largely refused to criticise the former health secretary during his appearance before the Covid inquiry.

Former NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens tells the Covid inquiry the "horrible dilemma never crystallised".

‘Fortunately this horrible dilemma never crystalised,’ former NHS England head Simon Stevens tells inquiry

Ex-NHS chief Simon Stevens, who made the claim, saiid that should have been a decision for doctors

Former NHS and health chiefs appearing before Covid inquiry on Thursday

Prime minister due to wrap up AI safety summit at Bletchley Park as Labour calls for urgent regulation

As the Covid inquiry has revealed, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are morbid symptoms of a sick system. At the heart of that sickness is the media

The state was completely unprepared for the pandemic – and the next crisis won’t wait for us to fix it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian’s Gaby Hinsliff talks to political editor Pippa Crerar about what we have learned from the Covid inquiry. And our political correspondent Kiran Stacey tells us how significant the government’s first artificial intelligence summit wil ...

The researchers and civil servants carried out important work during the Covid pandemic.

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 inquiry.

Boris Johnson is to be questioned on why he took a ten-day holiday a month before the first lockdown, amid claims that he wanted time out to finish his biography of Shakespeare.The Covid inquiry was told this week that Johnson spent over a week at th ...

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave written and verbal evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry of ‘macho’ culture where ‘hundreds’ broke rules on a daily basis

Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry of ‘macho’ culture where ‘hundreds’ broke rules on a daily basis

There was ‘arrogance’ in believing the UK would fare better than other countries in the early days of the pandemic, the Covid-19 inquiry heard.