Boris Johnson quizzed at Covid-19 inquiry over pandemic's impact on children

Children Paid ‘Huge Price’ for Others Through Lockdown, Boris Johnson Tells COVID Inquiry

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that children paid a “huge price” to “protect others” during the era of lockdowns and social restrictions his government imposed on the public. Johnson was giving evidence on Tuesday to the module of the long-running inquiry that is specifically examining the impact of the government’s response to COVID-19 on children and young people. Under questioning from counsel to the …

Kids paid 'a huge price' for Covid measures: ex-U.K. PM Johnson

Read: 2 min Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson Tuesday said a public inquiry that he regretted the impact of his government’s Covid policies on children, including the “nightmare” decision to close schools. More than 230,000 people have died from Covid in the U.K. since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020. As part of measures aimed at controlling the spread of the virus, Britain closed schools for long periods and moved to onlin…

Gavin Williamson throws Boris Johnson under the bus

Gavin Williamson has accused Boris Johnson of mishandling the re-opening of schools during the pandemic. Giving evidence in the latest module of the Covid Inquiry, the former prime minister looked mildly annoyed when he heard his former education secretary had accused him of “damaging” the work he had done with schools during the pandemic. Williamson, who gave his own evidence to the inquiry last week, said Johnson had made the “unilateral decis…

Boris Johnson says government failed to plan for Covid school closures

The former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told the Covid inquiry that children paid a "huge price" to protect the rest of society during the pandemic - admitting that the Government failed to adequately plan for school closures in England.

Boris Johnson denies UK failure in planning COVID school closures but apologizes for mistakes

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is denying his government failed to prepare for school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bolshie Boris evades answers in Covid inquiry as young people take him to task

Today, Tuesday 21 October, ex-PM Boris Johnson gave evidence before the coronavirus (Covid-19) inquiry for the final time. Today’s session focused on the devastating effect that the pandemic had on children and young people across the UK. Johnson and his government’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic left tens of thousands of children disabled by Long Covid. As such, the Long Covid Advocacy (LCA) group has monitored the inquiry closely. Th…