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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Covid inquiry to shift focus to pandemic’s impact on children and young people

Schools were closed to most children in the pandemic amid fears over spread of the coronavirus (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

School closures and a free school meals “blunder” which ended in an embarrassing U-turn by Boris Johnson’s government during the pandemic are expected to be among issues scrutinised in upcoming hearings of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

It has not been confirmed whether the former prime minister will be called to give evidence as part of the children and young people module, which begins on Monday.

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