MPs Warn Official COVID Inquiry Could Be ‘Blinded’ to the Impact of Lockdowns

MPs Warn Official COVID Inquiry Could Be ‘Blinded’ to the Impact of Lockdowns
A giant television over the A57 Motorway urges people to stay home in Manchester, England, on March 26, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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MPs have criticised the COVID Inquiry for being heavily weighted towards organisations and individuals that advocated for earlier or harder lockdowns.

A group of 21 MPs and peers have voiced their concerns in a letter to the inquiry chairman that it is “surprising” that there appears to be no representation of the many families bereaved because of the impact of lockdowns.

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