Boris Johnson rejects claim his government did not prepare for pandemic school closures

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1. Boris Johnson admits his government’s Covid rules went ‘too far’ for children | Independent

2. UK ‘probably did go too far’ with Covid rules, Boris Johnson says | Financial Times

3. Johnson insists there had been planning for Covid school closures | The National

4. Johnson insists there had been planning for Covid school closures | Independent

5. Boris Johnson says children paid a 'huge price' when schools were closed during Covid but officials did plan ahead of 'nightmare' decision | Daily Mail

6. Boris Johnson says ‘we probably did go too far’ when locking down kids during Covid | Metro News

Boris Johnson rejected claims that his government failed to prepare for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that it would be “amazing” if the Department for Education (DfE) had not realised that plans were needed.