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13 FEB 2025 Explainer

Public inquiries

There are 20 ongoing or announced inquiries. But what exactly is a public inquiry?

14 APR 2025 Explainer

Public inquiry reform in New Zealand

How New Zealand renewed its century-old approach to public inquiries.

12 JUN 2023 Explainer

The Covid-19 Inquiry

What is the Covid-19 inquiry? What powers does it have? What is its purpose and scope?

22 AUG 2023 Comment

A full statutory inquiry is needed into the Letby murders

A thorough assessment is what families deserve and what only a statutory inquiry can provide.  

27 MAR 2018 Comment

The inquiry that everyone forgot

The fate of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry should serve as a warning to other inquiries currently underway.

31 MAY 2023 Comment

Why government is wrong on the Covid inquiry row

Any perception that the chair of the inquiry is being thwarted will be damaging to all involved.

23 MAR 2017 Comment

Brexit means parliamentary inquiries

26 MAR 2021 Comment

This is the right time for the government to establish a coronavirus inquiry 

The prime minister is resisting calls to set up an inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic

14 SEP 2017 Comment

How to run the Grenfell Inquiry

Coronavirus

We looked at the impact of the pandemic on government and public services and analysed the government’s response.

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