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COVID: Why won’t the Government learn?
If now is not the time to learn lessons from the COVID crisis, when is? We’re joined by writer, broadcaster and host of the Rock’n’Roll Politics podcast Steve Richards to discuss No.10’s painful learning curve and ask if Boris Johnson’s promised public inquiry ever actually happen. Plus, what have the extraordinary 12 months we’ve just lived through meant for the efficacy of government? The latest edition of the IfG’s annual Whitehall Monitor has all the answers.
“The lessons, frankly, are obvious even if Boris Johnson repeatedly refuses to learn them.” – Steve Richards
“This is a government…
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