Dame Jacinda Ardern, Sir Chris Whitty, Dame June Raine, Sir Gavin Williamson, Dame Jenny Harries – the list of misplaced honours for the lockdown gang while real heroes go unsung is a travesty, writes Allison Pearson.
The Lockdown Files continue to bring out scandalous revelations about how pandemic management by WhatsApp was conducted. Here are some of the top stories from Wednesday.
The Government's requirement that schoolchildren wear face masks in the classroom was based on political calculation not evidence, new official documents released under Freedom of Information reveal.
We should not get "carried away with our new freedoms", says Education Secretary Gavin Williams who has refused to rule out more school closures later this year if there is another wave of Covid 'cases'.
Gavin Williams says he expects the scrapping of the school bubble system to be announced as part of the end of lockdown on July 19th. A minister has admitted that her postbag has been full with complaints from parents.
