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Covid Inquiry: Government 'failed to engage' with councils

The UK and devolved governments should have done more to engage with councils during the pandemic, the official Covid-19 Inquiry has found.

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The UK and devolved governments should have done more to engage with councils during the pandemic, the official Covid-19 Inquiry has found.

Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has called for a ‘forum' between national and local governments in future emergencies in her report looking at decision-making and governance.

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