Government decision not to ask Sage to model impact of scrapping Covid rules is ‘borderline negligence,’ Labour slams
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, to outline the Government's new long-term Covid-19 plan
THE government did not ask Sage to model the impact of Boris Johnson’s decision to lift all coronavirus restrictions, a member of the scientific advisory group has revealed.
Ministers were accused of “borderline negligence” today for dropping all restrictions without considering the potential impact.
The damning revelation emerged during a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus on Tuesday.
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