David Conn
Writer for the Guardian on Football & Money, Hillsborough, Orgreave and other stories. Latest book: The Fall of the House of Fifa.
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Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
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Research company owned by associates of senior Tory and PM’s adviser gets £840,000 job
Former WHO director Anthony Costello: 'Opening pubs before schools says something about our priorities'
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The paediatrician and member of Independent Sage on Matt Hancock, the likelihood of a vaccine and why 50,000 deaths were preventable
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David Conn ‘Former WHO director Anthony Costello: “Opening pubs before schools says something about our priorities.”’ 6d
Wigan Athletic: lawyers appointed to investigate collapse of club
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The administrator of Wigan Athletic said lawyers have been appointed to investigate the circumstances of the club’s collapse
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David Conn Wigan Athletic: Lawyers appointed to investigate collapse of the club; And ⁦⁩ & ⁦⁩ call for a full EFL investigation too. 7d
Brutal and bizarre: the story of how Wigan collapsed into administration | David Conn
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On the day Au Yeung took ownership after a £41m purchase he decided not to fund the club, and an investigation is now due
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David Conn Brutal, bizarre, questions to answer: How Wigan Athletic collapsed into administration. 8d
Hancock tried to block plan to build 400 homes in Newmarket
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Exclusive: health secretary claimed scheme would damage horse racing industry, from which he received donations
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David Conn Matt Hancock urged fellow Tory ministers to block a 400-home development in his Newmarket constituency, based on claims it would damage the horseracing industry; He received donations from senior figures in horseracing leading opposition to the scheme. 17d
NHS warns betting firms against using 'reckless' ads to exploit football's return
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The NHS has warned betting companies against using ads that could cause more problem gambling while resources are stretched
Free meals U-turn will still leave many children to go hungry
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Schools warmly welcome free school meals U-turn but many children of parents in low-paid jobs will still go hungry
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David Conn ‘Boris Johnson’s meals U-turn after publicity by ⁦⁩ will still leave many children going hungry.’ ⁦’The FSM scheme only covers a minority of children in poverty.’ ⁦⁩ & ⁦⁩ on the reality. 24d
Horse racing, Tory donations and a swift return from lockdown
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Matt Hancock called the sport ‘wonderful’. He was funded by some of its leading figures
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David Conn Health secretary Matt Hancock, who celebrated horseracing’s swift restart from lockdown, has received £68,000 in donations from senior figures in horseracing in the last year. 25d
Bereaved relatives call for immediate inquiry into Covid-19 crisis
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Lawyers for 450 people call on Boris Johnson to start public inquiry to help prevent deaths
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David Conn Bereaved families call on Boris Johnson for immediate public inquiry into the handling of Covid-19: "There is a widely held public belief that the government is making wrong decisions and that government errors have cost and will continue to cost lives.” 29d
'We were packed like sardines': evidence grows of mass-event dangers early in pandemic
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Research appears to back up stories of people who believe they got coronavirus at events UK government allowed to go ahead
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David Conn 'We were packed like sardines': the lethal danger people were exposed to, and some of the terrible results, of the Government allowing sporting and other events to continue up to 16 March, as Covid-19 spread. 37d
How a decade of privatisation and cuts exposed England to coronavirus
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Government reliance on private contractors follows dramatic changes to local councils and public services
Why I quit working on Boris Johnson's ‘world-beating' test-and-tracing system | Anonymous
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This programme is not fit to bring Britain out of lockdown, says an anonymous customer service adviser
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David Conn Awful detail here about the reality of Boris Johnson's “world-beating” test-and-tracing system. Should be shocking but it’s just very dismal, and scary. 42d
Merseyside Police issue statement over Premier League stadium plan
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Merseyside Police are ready to "provide whatever policing is required" and have "no objections" to Goodison or Anfield fixtures
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David Conn South Yorkshire police DCC Mark Roberts, national lead on football policing, reportedly argues that Liverpool matches should be played at neutral venues; Merseyside Police contradict that and say they have "no objections" to matches at Anfield.... 42d
Quarantine article by Dominic Cummings' wife reported to regulator
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Public complain to Ipso about Mary Wakefield’s Spectator column describing ‘emerging into London lockdown’
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David Conn Article by Dominic Cummings' wife, which said they emerged from quarantine into London streets, reported to media regulator. She read it out on ⁦; no BBC corrections yet - but ⁦⁩ censured for saying Cummings broke rules. 44d
No-deal Brexit 'would overwhelm local emergency teams'
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Leaked report warns local disaster planning already exhausted by coronavirus crisis
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David Conn Brexit chaos: 'A review by a Whitehall committee said failing to seek an extension to Brexit negotiations threatened to “compound Covid-19 with a second UK societal-wide, economic & social, chronic threat”.' By . 51d
148,000 in England infected with coronavirus in last two weeks
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First national snapshot estimates that 0.27% of population currently positive
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David Conn '148,000 people in England were infected with Covid-19 in the last two weeks;' 'Experts suggest the current rates of infection remain “some way off” what would be needed to lift the lockdown.' report by 57d
Bereaved families seek 'justice' for UK victims of coronavirus
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Facebook group formed to ‘hold British government to account’ over Covid-19 failings
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David Conn Some bereaved families whose relatives have died from Covid-19 have formed a group to seek justice for their loved ones, and an admission from the government that its failures may have contributed to their deaths. 60d
Italians are looking on aghast at the UK's coronavirus response | Antonello Guerrera
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Boris Johnson’s government watched as Covid-19 hell unfolded in my country – and then failed to heed the warnings, says La Repubblica’s UK correspondent, Antonello Guerrera
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David Conn ‘Italians are looking on aghast at the UK's coronavirus response;’ ‘Many in Italy are still wondering why the UK didn’t act immediately against Covid-19 after the immense suffering in Southern Europe.’ 61d
Commemorating VE Day in lockdown, somehow the quiet made it louder
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With coronavirus lockdown subduing VE Day, contrasts with 75 years ago were many and varied | Jonathan Freedland
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David Conn ‘Britain was led by Churchill then — it’s led by a Churchill tribute act now;’ brilliant piece by ⁦⁩ about VE Day, pointing out that Brexit betrays the legacy of Churchill, who argued for a postwar ‘United States of Europe.’ 63d
UK scientists furious over attempt to censor Covid-19 advice
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Report criticising government lockdown proposals heavily redacted before release