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Sir Patrick Vallance to be next chairman of Natural History Museum

Government chief scientist Sir Patrick Vallance is to become the next chairman of the Natural History Museum, it has been announced. Sir Patrick said he has loved the museum since childhood, and it inspired him to pursue a career in science. He has ...

31 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Scientists insist they did not make Government policy during Covid pandemic

Scientists advising the Government during the Covid pandemic have insisted they did not make policy, despite ministers at the time saying they were “following the science”. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard submissions from the Government Office for ...

04 Oct 2023 at 14:20

Dame Angela McLean appointed as new Government chief scientific adviser

Professor Dame Angela McLean has been appointed as the new Government chief scientific adviser (GCSA). Currently chief scientific adviser for the Ministry of Defence, she will be the first woman to hold the role and will take up the post on ...

20 Feb 2023 at 16:57

Johnson blamed Welsh Covid rates on ‘singing and obesity’, Vallance diary claims

Boris Johnson allegedly blamed high rates of Covid-19 in Wales on “singing and obesity”. The apparent comments were included in the diary of Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government’s former chief scientific adviser. They were dated September ...

07 Dec 2023 at 14:31

Patrick Vallance says ministers knew ‘following the science’ mantra was damaging

Ministers knew the repeated mantra that the Government was “following the science” during the Covid-19 pandemic was damaging, according to Sir Patrick Vallance. The Government’s former chief scientific adviser told the UK Covid-19 ...

20 Nov 2023 at 13:26

Sunak suggested ‘handling the scientists’ and not virus, Covid probe is told

Rishi Sunak was overheard saying the Government should focus on handling its scientific advisers rather than the spread of Covid-19, the inquiry into the UK’s pandemic response has been told. A series of diary entries from former ...

20 Nov 2023 at 21:40

Sir Patrick Vallance rejects Sunak claim scientists were empowered during Covid

Sir Patrick Vallance has hit back at Rishi Sunak’s suggestion that scientists were too “empowered” during the Covid-19 pandemic. The former chief scientific adviser rebuffed that idea, in his witness statement to the Covid-19 ...

20 Nov 2023 at 22:35

Johnson suggested he ‘thought Covid was nature’s way of dealing with old people’

Boris Johnson suggested he believed the coronavirus pandemic was “Nature’s way of dealing with old people” as he resisted lockdown measures, Sir Patrick Vallance argued. The Government’s chief scientific adviser during ...

31 Oct 2023 at 13:32

Covid Inquiry chair says releasing Patrick Vallance diaries would be ‘premature’

The chairwoman leading the Covid-19 Inquiry has declined to decide whether or not Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary entries should be published in full. Baroness Heather Hallett told the probe on Thursday that it would be ...

19 Oct 2023 at 15:03

Full release of Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary entries would ‘breach human rights’

The full release of Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary entries to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry would breach his human rights, it has been claimed. The former chief scientific adviser described his diary, or evening notes, as ...

16 Oct 2023 at 23:39

Former UK chief scientific adviser to receive honorary degree

The UK Government’s chief scientific adviser during the Covid pandemic will be one of 10 “magnificent” individuals to get an honorary degree from a Scottish university. Sir Patrick Vallance will be presented with ...

12 Jun 2023 at 12:02

Labour energy plan backed by Sir Patrick Vallance just ‘a logo’, says Sunak

Labour’s plan for a publicly owned energy firm – backed by former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance – is just “a logo”, the Prime Minister has said. Rishi Sunak claimed his experts do not back the ...

31 May 2024 at 11:15

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