UK government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

The British government has announced changes to the right to trial by jury to address a backlog in the justice system ...
Sky

Coronavirus timeline: How UK's response to the pandemic unfolded

As a damning report finds all four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, Sky News takes a look at the UK's ...

UK government welcomes sharp fall in net migration but says more needs to be done

The British government has welcomed the news that net migration in the U.K., the difference between people moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more than two-thirds in the year ...

‘Too little, too late:’ Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID-19 response

A public inquiry released Thursday slammed the U.K.'s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020 as “too little, too late,” saying the failure to lock ...
CNN

UK’s Covid response was ‘too little, too late’ and cost thousands of lives, inquiry says

The United Kingdom did “too little, too late,” in its early response to the coronavirus pandemic, leading to thousands of more deaths, the head of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry said as its latest findings ...
Daily Record

Covid Inquiry report RECAP as Boris Johnson slammed over handling of pandemic

An independent public inquiry into how the UK and Scottish Governments handled the coronavirus pandemic has been delivered. The probe, chaired by Baroness Hallett, has today published a key report ...
Sky

All four UK governments 'failed to appreciate' scale of COVID pandemic threat - inquiry finds

All four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, a damning report published on Thursday has claimed.

Jury trials: what the UK government’s plan to limit them would mean for victims, defendants and courts

Restricting jury trials might appear to offer a fast route to clearing backlogs, but the data suggests that delays stem from ...
The Irish Times

UK Covid-19 inquiry: Chaotic response under Boris Johnson was ‘too little, too late’

The initial UK-wide political response to the Covid-19 pandemic was “too little, too late” and cost up to 23,000 lives in England alone during the first wave in spring 2020, the UK’s pandemic inquiry ...
BBC

Covid decision-making in NI was 'chaotic', says inquiry

Some meetings of Stormont's power-sharing executive were "deeply divided along political lines and beset by leaks", leading to an "incoherent approach" during the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK Covid-19 ...
BBC

Sturgeon excluded ministers from Covid decisions, inquiry says

Nicola Sturgeon has been criticised for making decisions among a small group of advisers and ministers during the coronavirus pandemic. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry praised the former first minister as a ...