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UK government accused of neglecting children during lockdowns

The UK government should formally apologise to children for the “avoidable mistakes” made during the Covid-19 pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the official inquiry. Giving evidence at Thursday’s public hearing, Anne Longfield accused ministers of adopting a “doom loop” of fatalism that left children’s needs overlooked. She said prolonged school closures […]

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