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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories

Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson.
The inquiry found former chief adviser Dominic Cummings ‘materially contributed to the toxic and sexist workplace culture’ and Boris Johnson failed to restrain him. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

“Too little too late” is the key finding of Heather Hallett’s second report from the Covid public inquiry, which focused on politicians and the decisions they made at important points during the pandemic.

At 760 pages long, there is no shortage of detail on exactly what went wrong and when in the UK during those tumultuous months in 2020 and 2021, and how the actions of those in the heart of power had severe consequences for millions of people.

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