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Matt Hancock says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for ‘huge error’ in UK’s pandemic planning – as it happened

27-06-2023 18:30

Former health secretary says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death and says he knows an apology from him will be ‘hard to take’. This live blog is now closedFull story: Matt Hancock ‘profoundly sorry’ for Covid readiness failingsThe journalist Isabel Oakeshott thinks Matt Hanock is giving a “typically assured” performance.Oakeshott, of course, is the journalist who helped Hancock produce his Pandemic Diaries, his account of handling the Covid cr

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Matt Hancock says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for ‘huge error’ in UK’s pandemic planning – UK politics live

27-06-2023 16:42

Former health secretary says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death and says he knows an apology from him will be ‘hard to take’The journalist Isabel Oakeshott thinks Matt Hanock is giving a “typically assured” performance.Oakeshott, of course, is the journalist who helped Hancock produce his Pandemic Diaries, his account of handling the Covid crisis, before she betrayed his trust by leaking his private WhatsApp messages to the Daily Telegraph. She argued th

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Matt Hancock ‘profoundly sorry’ for Covid readiness failings

27-06-2023 14:05

Former health secretary tells inquiry he did not properly challenge assurances that plans were sufficientUK politics live – latest updatesMatt Hancock has said he is “profoundly sorry” for his part in mistakes that ensured the UK was not properly prepared for Covid, telling the public inquiry into the pandemic that he had not properly challenged assurances that sufficient planning was in place.The former health secretary, who faced tense encounters with bereaved family members

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UK risks becoming reliant on overseas care workers, report warns

27-06-2023 07:00

Analysis suggests demand for foreign staff has left care homes and NHS open to ‘vulnerabilities’The UK risks becoming highly reliant on overseas care workers after nearly 58,000 visas were issued for the sector last year, a report says.Analysis by the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford found that the demand for foreign staff had left the NHS and care homes open to “vulnerabilities” including “exposure to international competition for health workers an

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Home Office delays have devastating effect on child asylum seekers – report

27-06-2023 01:01

Children are being left in limbo so long that they are at risk of harm, social workers warnLone child asylum seekers are facing fivefold increases in delays in having their claims processed by the Home Office, with devastating consequences, according to a new report.Social workers, legal professionals and the children themselves have warned that the impact of being left in limbo about their future for so long includes the risk of suicide, self-harm and persistent insomnia.In the UK and Ireland,

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