Report finds UK government's initial COVID response cost thousands of lives

Conservative MP and chair of the Commons science committee Greg Clark after the report was released

Conservative MP and chair of the Commons science committee Greg Clark after the report was released Source: Getty

The MP inquiry says government ministers failed to question their scientific advisers and a dangerous mentality took hold where ministers felt pressured to conform.


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