Immediate reaction after inquiry finds Britain was unprepared for Covid | The Daily T Podcast

Civil Service “groupthink” led Britain to be unprepared for the pandemic, the Covid Inquiry has found. Baroness Hallett, the inquiry’s chairman, said ministers “failed their citizens” by preparing for the wrong pandemic, which led more people to die from Covid, The government’s flawed planning was hampered by “groupthink” and bureaucracy, which health secretaries such as Jeremy Hunt failed to challenge, the inquiry’s first report said. #politics #world #news Read and listen to more here: