Rachel Roberts
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Rachel Roberts is a London-based journalist with a background in local then national news. She focuses on health and education stories and has a particular interest in vaccines and issues impacting children.
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Matt Hancock: ‘Vaccine Damage Reporting System Was Phase 4 Trial’
Former health secretary was questioned at the COVID Inquiry about a WhatsApp exchange with Sir Chris Whitty where he referred to concern about ’shonky' details.
Vaccine Injured Tell UK COVID Inquiry They Are ‘An Uncomfortable Truth’
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard testimony from those whose lives were destroyed by the jabs, with calls to overhaul the Yellow Card and damage payment schemes.
YouTube Censored Barrister for Vaccine Injured and Bereaved, Inquiry Told
Module 4 of the COVID Inquiry is examining COVID-19 vaccines and other drugs, and will hear from former Health Secretary Matt Hancock later this week.
Social Care Leaders Urge Faster Reform to Combat Financial Pressures
New report highlights growing strain on the sector caused by the looming increase to the national living wage and hike to employers’ national insurance.
Starmer ‘Will Listen’ to Inquiry Into Tulip Siddiq’s Bangladesh Property Links
Science Secretary Peter Kyle said the anti-corruption minister was right to refer herself to the parliamentary watchdog over alleged property irregularities.
Nurse in Critical Condition After Being Stabbed in Oldham A&E
Health Secretary Wes Streeting hails nurses as the ‘backbone’ of the NHS as a man remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.
Government ‘Exploiting’ Sara Sharif Murder to Restrict Home Education, Says Campaigner
Labour has been accused of ‘conflation’ after a bill restricting home education rights was introduced on the same day as Sara’s family was sentenced.
Peter Mandelson Named Ambassador to the United States
New Labour grandee appointed as the UK’s top diplomat in Washington despite having previously called Donald Trump a ‘bully and a mercantalist.’
MoD Strikes £6 Billion Deal to Buy Back Sold-Off Military Homes
Defence Secretary John Healey called the move to bring 36,000 houses back into public ownership a ‘decisive break’ from the ‘dreadful’ 1996 privatisation deal.
Lucy Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal Claiming Key Witness Is ‘Not Reliable’
The nurse’s new barrister said that retired paediatrician Dr. Dewi Evans has now changed his opinion on the mechanism by which three of the babies died.
