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Government figures this report doesnt name names but it is striking to see the catalogue of errors and indeed successes that have happened over the past 18 months or so laid bare. and the fact that that youve got to form a conservative cabinet ministers, the two committee chairs and volunteer who put their names to this report is also quite something, i think. that central conclusion that the government was too slow to lockdown early on in the pandemic, that lives were lost as a result is defini...

Names— cabinet ministers putting their names to _ cabinet ministers putting their names to it. it talks about the early— names to it. it talks about the early decision to delay the lockdown, the problems in care homes, — lockdown, the problems in care homes, with border controls, i could io homes, with border controls, i could go on _ homes, with border controls, i could go on it— homes, with border controls, i could go on it is— homes, with border controls, i could go on. it is import...

There is more criticism. it describes the roll—out of the test and trace programme in england as "slow and chaotic". it says the uk did not impose rigorous border controls, letting in high numbers of infections from france and spain. and it criticises the treatment of care homes, saying the risks were not recognised soon enough, leading to devastating and preventable repercussions. the report has actually picked up things we were saying from the outset, that social care was an afterthought. th...

We might even have saved half the number of deaths in that initial wave. everyone accepts that we locked down too late. across 150 pages of the report, there is more criticism. it describes the roll—out of the test and trace programme in england as slow and chaotic. it says the uk did not impose rigorous border controls, letting in high numbers of infections from france and spain. it criticises the treatment of care homes, saying the risks were not recognised soon enough, leading to devastatin...

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There is more criticism. it describes the roll—out of the test and trace programme in england as slow and chaotic. it says the uk did not impose rigorous border controls, letting in high numbers of infections from france and spain. it criticises the treatment of care homes, saying the risks were not recognised soon enough, leading to devastating and preventable repercussions. the report has actually picked up things we were saying from the outset, that social care was an afterthought. the mant...

Made a deliberate decision to introduce social distancing rules gradually until it was clear the nhs could be overwhelmed. mps describe that as a serious error which proved fatal to many. we were too slow in that initial lockdown. we were operating in a fog of uncertainty. even the governments advisers, professor neil ferguson, in evidence to my committee said, if we had locked down a week earlier we might even have saved half the number of deaths in that initial wave. everyone accepts that we l...

Among scientists and ministers, which meant the uk was not as open to different approaches on earlier lockdowns, border controls, and test and trace as it should have been. lets speak now to dame deirdre hine — she led the review into how the uk responded to the swine flu pandemic in 2009. john drury alsojoins us. a warm welcome to you both. first of all, what strikes you most from this report in terms of things that perhaps were concerned about 14 or so years ago when you wrote your report wh...

Greece has in recent years toughened its migration policy to prevent land crossings at its border with Turkey

The surge in asylum seekers has been so great that they have even had to be held in tents and portacabins on a quayside car park