{"id":288783,"date":"2025-10-21T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/watch-covid-inquiry-questions-boris-johnson-on-how-his-policies-affected-children\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:05:03","slug":"watch-covid-inquiry-questions-boris-johnson-on-how-his-policies-affected-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/watch-covid-inquiry-questions-boris-johnson-on-how-his-policies-affected-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Covid Inquiry questions Boris Johnson on how his policies affected children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7QmH-q0Ag4k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Covid Inquiry questions Boris Johnson on how his policies affected children\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QmH-q0Ag4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The former Prime Minister is giving evidence as the Covid inquiry looks to uncover the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>Last week former education secretary Gavin Williamson told the Inquiry of failures to pre-plan. 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