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Government's Covid-19 plans branded an ‘astonishing’ failure
Cross-party committee details government's abysmal handling of the economy, education and PPE in a ‘catalogue of failure’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, talks with a paramedic during a visit to the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
A CROSS-PARTY group of MPs has lambasted the government’s “astonishing” failure to plan for the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, in a damning report published today.
The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) urged the government to provide reassurances that it will be able to cope with a second spike of infections.
Ministers must “learn lessons” from from their inadequate response so far, and “ensure [government] doesn’t repeat its mistakes again,” it said.
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