The Government should make a formal apology to children for “avoidable mistakes” made during the Covid pandemic and damage done to their wellbeing and education, the ex-children’s commissioner has said.
In a statement after giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry on Thursday, Baroness Anne Longfield said the apology would give whoever is prime minister when the inquiry’s final report is published the chance to recognise that “children and young people were overlooked and frequently ignored by the then government” in the planning and delivery of its Covid response.
