UK alcohol deaths fall for first time since Covid pandemic

Experts say the “modest reduction” is “not cause for complacency”, with calls to redouble efforts to slash deaths further.
The BMJ

UK alcohol deaths fall for first time since pandemic, but experts highlight “stark inequalities”

Deaths caused by alcohol have fallen for the first time in the UK since the covid pandemic, official figures have shown. Data ...
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 ...
World Socialist Web Site

UK COVID Inquiry finds Westminster and devolved governments responsible for tens of thousands of deaths

The second stage of the three-part official UK COVID Inquiry—dealing with the response of the four governments of the UK (covering England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) to the pandemic—has ...