Lack of capacity led Britain to abandon testing and contact tracing in communityTop adviser says British opted instead in March to concentrate testing resources on those in hospitalTue May 19 2020 - 18:55
Brexit: UK deal draft texts offer no guarantees on fair competitionGove blames EU for lack of progress in talks as UK seeks standard free trade agreementTue May 19 2020 - 17:28
London confirms travellers from Ireland to be exempt from Covid-19 quarantineSpokesman plays down concerns Common Travel Area could be used as back door into BritainMon May 18 2020 - 20:20
‘They’re in a panic’: Unease grows in UK government over handling of Covid-19Public opinion could be about to turn due to high death toll and unfulfilled promisesFri May 15 2020 - 21:00
Michel Barnier ‘not optimistic’ deal can be reached with UKBoth sides say little progress made in this week’s talks with crunch time approachingFri May 15 2020 - 16:03
Different decade, different virus but the same anguish, loneliness and dreadLondon Letter: Early casualties of Aids in the 1980s were mostly in their 20s and 30sFri May 15 2020 - 09:07
Covid-19: Government rejects British minister’s claim of quarantine ‘review’Travellers from Britain will have to self-isolate like everyone else, says spokespersonThu May 14 2020 - 21:16
Coronavirus: Johnson and Starmer clash over nursing home adviceLabour leader accuses PM of misleading parliament by denying threat to residents was downplayedWed May 13 2020 - 19:48
Technical issues and errors slowing down Covid-19 testing and tracing in IrelandData entry errors, missing contact details and incompatible systems among issuesWed May 13 2020 - 00:12
Warning over visitors from Ireland entering Britain without quarantineIndependent scientific experts say North should harmonise its Covid policies with those of the RepublicTue May 12 2020 - 20:03
Johnson’s road map appears half-baked and badly timedRoute out of lockdown only raises questions and deviates from Scotland, Wales and NIMon May 11 2020 - 21:30
Downing Street lockdown-easing plan comes under strong attackStarmer says Johnson not offering clear advice as country gets contradictory messagingMon May 11 2020 - 20:55
Coronavirus: Go to work if you can’t work from home, says Johnson, as he eases lockdownIn TV address, PM says phased lifting of restrictions conditional on success in suppressing virusSun May 10 2020 - 22:09
Coronavirus: Johnson’s plan to ease Britain’s lockdown faces daunting obstaclesLack of capacity in monitoring and questions over new messaging among issues facing PMSun May 10 2020 - 20:31
Brexit re-emerges from the shadow of Covid-19Talks this week on the Northern Irish protocol presage a difficult road aheadSat May 02 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus: UK meets 100,000 daily testing target, claims HancockQuestions over how tests counted as government accused of massaging figuresFri May 01 2020 - 19:22
UK finally falls into line with international mainstream on coronavirusLondon Letter: New emphasis on testing capacity cannot override terrible death tollThu Apr 30 2020 - 21:23
Coronavirus: Johnson eyes reopening UK economy and says peak is passedPM says he will set out plan next week and that it’s too early to compare European death tollsThu Apr 30 2020 - 20:14
Brexit: EU tells UK it must set out plans for Northern Ireland customs checksEU Commision warns time is running out after first committee meeting on NI protocolThu Apr 30 2020 - 19:33
UK’s Covid-19 death toll rises to second highest in Europe at 26,097Figure includes 3,811 deaths in nursing homes but only those who tested positive are countedWed Apr 29 2020 - 19:27
British, EU officials to discuss post-Brexit arrangements for NIImpatience in Brussels over Britain’s failure to prepare for customs border in Irish SeaWed Apr 29 2020 - 18:43
Nursing home and home deaths to be added to Britain’s daily tollUK Wrap: New evidence suggests overall deaths much higher than official figuresTue Apr 28 2020 - 19:42
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson takes cautious route as UK plays catch-upPM promises to gradually refine restrictions to ‘fire up engines of this vast UK economy’Mon Apr 27 2020 - 21:00
UK not ‘past the peak’ of coronavirus, chief medical officer saysDifficult choices on easing lockdown ahead, says Whitty, as Boris Johnson urges cautionMon Apr 27 2020 - 20:09
Gove rejects EU request for ‘mini-embassy’ in Belfast after BrexitOffice would monitor checks and controls on goods crossing Irish Sea at end of transition periodMon Apr 27 2020 - 18:53
Coronavirus: Britain strikes deal to keep vital freight routes openAccord with Ireland and France needed as Covid-19 a threat to free movement of goodsFri Apr 24 2020 - 19:15
Barnier criticises UK over impasse in ‘surreal’ Brexit talksEU negotiator accuses British side of failing to engage seriously in week-long video discussionsFri Apr 24 2020 - 18:02
‘Shame on you, Ann’, as compliance with Covid-19 restrictions begins to crumbleLondon Letter: There are five tests for ending lockdown. The fifth, that there should be no risk of a second peak, is impossible to meetThu Apr 23 2020 - 21:00
Millions of key workers and their families will be able to book free coronavirus testHancock announces plans to recruit 18,000 people to trace coronavirus infectionsThu Apr 23 2020 - 19:32
Forensic Starmer puts Raab on the rack over slow pace of testingLabour leader has first prime minister’s questions, but without Boris JohnsonWed Apr 22 2020 - 21:00
Coronavirus is ‘not going to disappear’, warns UK’s chief medical officerRestrictions needed until at least year end, says Chris Whitty, as death toll hits 18,100Wed Apr 22 2020 - 19:56
UK ministers deny claim over medical equipment schemeSenior diplomat says that staying out of EU’s coronavirus plan ‘was a political decision’Tue Apr 21 2020 - 20:50
Coronavirus: Sunak and Doyle frank on PPE amid lockdown lift dilemmaBritain at big disadvantage due to early policy errors on testing and contact tracingMon Apr 20 2020 - 21:13
Coronavirus: UK sees lowest daily death toll in two weeksExpert says British infection rate is now flat amid concerns over supply of PPEMon Apr 20 2020 - 19:56
NHS issues new PPE guidance due to shortage of surgical gownsBritain’s chief scientific adviser says Covid-19 deaths are reaching a plateau but will remain high for some timeFri Apr 17 2020 - 19:39
UK extends coronavirus lockdown by at least three weeksDominic Raab says easing measures now would be a risk as 861 new deaths confirmedThu Apr 16 2020 - 20:11
NHS mythology shields Boris Johnson from coronavirus mistakesLondon Letter: Public approval for UK government’s response belies terrible death tollThu Apr 16 2020 - 20:00
Coronavirus: Relatives to be permitted to visit dying in BritainHealth secretary offers no details on plan as post-weekend fatality figures expected to riseWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:52
UK death toll’s ‘plateau’ could last weeks, says scientific adviserSome 11,329 people have died from the virus in hospitals, including 717 deaths on MondayMon Apr 13 2020 - 19:16
Coronavirus: UK death toll passes 10,000 as Johnson dischargedFurther 737 UK deaths in 24 hours as adviser warns it could end with highest toll in EuropeSun Apr 12 2020 - 17:30
UK records 980 new coronavirus deaths in hospitalsToll is worst suffered by any European country in one day since the epidemic beganFri Apr 10 2020 - 20:15
Coronavirus: Britain on course to be European country worst-hitLondon Letter: Despite ramped up capacity, how many will die over slow social distancing?Thu Apr 09 2020 - 21:12
Boris Johnson moved from intensive care to general wardPM ‘continues to make positive steps forward’, says foreign secretary Dominic RaabThu Apr 09 2020 - 20:11
Britain has its worst day since crisis began with 938 new deathsWelsh first minister says there is no question of lifting restrictions in Wales when their initial three-week period ends after EasterWed Apr 08 2020 - 19:37
UK faces decisions too momentous to be made in Johnson’s absencePM remains in formal change of government but may not be well enough to lead for some timeTue Apr 07 2020 - 20:30
Boris Johnson in stable condition as UK records biggest daily death tollBritish PM does not have pneumonia but remains in intensive care on day of 786 deathsTue Apr 07 2020 - 19:03
Boris Johnson remains in intensive care being treated for coronavirusTaoiseach says: ‘We wish him a speedy recovery and a rapid return to health’Tue Apr 07 2020 - 10:50
Boris Johnson’s deteriorating health comes as shock at WestminsterPM’s move to intensive care puts into grim focus the weakness of the cabinet standing in for himMon Apr 06 2020 - 21:18
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson in hospital for tests as symptoms persistDowning Street confirms British prime minister still suffering effects of Covid-19Sun Apr 05 2020 - 21:58
Queen Elizabeth invokes spirit of second World War in speechUK coronavirus death toll reaches 4934 with 621 new deaths reported on SundaySun Apr 05 2020 - 20:41
