{"id":297656,"date":"2025-11-20T21:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/too-little-too-late-says-covid-inquiry-about-uk-governments-response-to-pandemic-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:05:48","slug":"too-little-too-late-says-covid-inquiry-about-uk-governments-response-to-pandemic-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/too-little-too-late-says-covid-inquiry-about-uk-governments-response-to-pandemic-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Too little, too late,&#8217; says Covid Inquiry about UK government&#8217;s response to pandemic | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R_PjagcNuPE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Too little, too late,' says Covid Inquiry about UK government's response to pandemic | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_PjagcNuPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Four and a half years after Boris Johnson set up the Covid Inquiry, after hearing evidence from all those who led the UK\u2019s Covid response, today we have its verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Eight hundred pages of detailed evidence can be summed up in one sentence: the UK\u2019s response was \u201ctoo little too late\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a conclusion that will be devastating to those who lost loved ones during the pandemic, Baroness Hallett, the inquiry chair, states: \u201cHad the UK been better prepared, lives would have been saved, suffering reduced and the economic cost of the pandemic far lower.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson\u2019s Downing Street does not come out of the inquiry well, criticised for a &quot;toxic and chaotic culture&quot; at the centre of government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram:   \/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook:   \/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X:   \/ itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four and a half years after Boris Johnson set up the Covid Inquiry, after hearing evidence from all those who led the UK\u2019s Covid response, today we have its verdict. 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