Lack of ICU capacity was ‘political choice’, Chris Whitty tells Covid inquiry – UK politics live

Chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry that UK had very low' capacity compared with other wealthy countries

Elon Musk has responded to a post on X highlighting the BBC story about the government not inviting him to its investment conference (see 9.55am) by saying people should not visit the UK anyway.

I don't think anyone should go to the UK when they're releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts