Brexit 'kept Whitehall too busy to plan for Covid pandemic' as half of ...
Brexit 'kept Whitehall too busy to plan for Covid pandemic' as watchdog reveals half of our emergency planners were tied up preparing for a No Deal EU exit before virus outbreak Government's emergency planners had 56 of 94 staff preparing for a No Deal A watchdog has found that only limited time could be spent on other pkans There were no proper plans in place when coronavirus pandemic struck last year National Audit Office also found lessons not learned from previous incidents
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More than half of the Government’s emergency planners were tied up preparing for a No Deal Brexit just before Covid struck, the public spending watchdog reveals today.
Only limited time could be spent on other plans, says the National Audit Office (NAO).
In addition, lessons had not been learned from previous incidents such as swine flu.
It meant that when coronavirus crippled the country last year, there were no proper plans in place to deal with the massive impact on schools, jobs or vulnerable people.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson onboard a train from Wolverhampton to Coventry on Thursday. A watchdog has found more than half of the Government’s emergency planners were
