Thread by @Aw_what

1) Seeing as everyone is discussing the Royal Family today, I thought I'd compile a thread of more important matters regarding the UK government:

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-561254…

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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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standard.co.uk/news/uk/brexit…

7) @BylineTimes Crony Contracts Collection:

bylinetimes.com/columns/boris-…

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bylinetimes.com/2021/02/23/fir…

9) "There were fundamental failures of leadership and planning by the Home Office."

gov.uk/government/new…

google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…

10) In a report published just before the government's disastrous decision on relaxing measures for Christmas:

"Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis."

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/s…

11) "The reality is that Johnson has learned only some of the lessons from his failures in the first wave."

google.com/amp/s/amp.thea…

12) "According to reports, he [Sunak] organised a summit between Johnson and several lockdown-sceptic scientists, in an attempt to broadcast another point of view."

Article by @WritesBright @BylineTimes

bylinetimes.com/2021/02/11/rec…

13) "In a scathing criticism of the ability of the UK government, the UK’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for a mass of general failures..."

google.com/amp/s/www.comp…

14) "The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) found that Conservative MP & former Health Minister Stephen Hammond had failed to seek their advice before taking a £100-an-hour job with the think-tank Public Policy Projects (PPP) last year."

google.com/amp/s/www.busi…

15) "Rejection of select committee’s recommendations on Black people and human rights prompts criticism."

google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…

16) "Lord Woolley, ex-chair of the Government’s Race Disparity Unit, has accused Boris Johnson of wanting to “change the race narrative”, rather than addressing systemic racism in society."

google.com/amp/s/inews.co…

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theguardian.com/business/2021/…

18) "The boss of the NHS in England has said staff deserve a 2.1% pay rise next year and confirmed that ministers had planned to give them that rather than the 1% that has sparked a huge outcry."

theguardian.com/society/2021/m…

19) 'Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier said it was hard to point to a "measurable difference" the test-and-trace system had made.'

bbc.co.uk/news/health-56…

20) "A former Conservative councillor, whose medical firm has been awarded £276 million in Government contracts during the Coronavirus pandemic, has now donated thousands to the party..."

@BylineTimes
bylinetimes.com/2021/03/05/own…

21) "Changing the law to force people to show photo ID to take part in UK elections will be catastrophic for ethnic minority communities, increasing barriers to access and in effect disenfranchising them..."

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

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https://mobile.twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1368154451610075138

23) "Newly-released records show that News Corporation CEO Murdoch and his right-hand woman Rebekah Brooks held seven private meetings with five senior ministers over a seven-week period in August and September 2020."

@BylineTimes

bylinetimes.com/2021/02/08/rup…

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opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

25) "The government had been warned about the consequences of a second wave but, by the end of July, the scientists on Sage were reporting that they had no confidence that R was not now above the one threshold."

thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-…