Children were failed by pandemic policies, Covid inquiry told

Children were disproportionately affected by pandemic policies, with their voices not listened to and no one made responsible by the government for ensuring their legal rights were met, the Covid inquiry has heard.

Questions about how lockdown policies affected young people “weren’t even asked”, said the barrister Jennifer Twite, giving evidence on behalf of Save the Children UK, Just for Kids Law and the Children’s Rights Alliance.

“We fear that the answer does not simply lie in the…