Listening to Matt Hancock shaming local government for the management of the pandemic before the Covid inquiry, arguing he didn’t have the powers to intervene on matters like protecting care homes, was quite frankly maddening.
Council leaders, like Bev Craig in Manchester, promptly replied on social media showing that plans were in place, and in some cases local government was faster than its central counterpart in responding to the effects of the pandemic on the ground.
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