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LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday that his government failed to properly prepare for…

Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children were ‘paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’

School closures seemed the only option but lockdowns probably went "too far" , former PM tells Covid Inquiry.

Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time

The former prime minister denied the government failed to plan for school closures during the pandemic

Former PM Boris Johnson arrived early at the Covid-19 Inquiry to avoid protesters today - but they confronted him on the way out after he made startling admission

LOCKDOWN rules went “too far” for Britain’s youngsters and “let down a lot of kids”, Boris Johnson admitted today. Giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry, the ex-PM confessed he should have found a way to shield children from the harshest…

The former prime minister said closing schools during the pandemic was a ‘nightmare’ scenario

The former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted that “The whole business of scrapping exams was damaging and must have been bitterly disappointing” to students Giving evidence to the COVID Inquiry he admitted that Ofqual’s alternative…

'The whole lockdowns, the intricacy of the rules, the rule of six, the complexity, particularly for children, I think we probably did go too far'

Former prime minister admits children paid ‘huge, huge price’ as government responded to pandemic

Children "paid a huge price" to protect the rest of society during lockdown and school closures should only be a "last resort" in future pandemics, Boris Johnson has said.

"I was very much hoping that we wouldn't have to close schools. I thought it was a nightmare idea."

Disgraced ex PM who oversaw pandemic finally admits ‘full horror’ of Covid-19 was ‘slow to dawn on’ his government as he faced questions at inquiry about a lack of planning for school closures

The former PM told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that it was 'obvious' there would need to be 'consideration of closing schools' and he believed education bosses were making a plan.

Boris Johnson appeared to get annoyed when giving evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday (21 October), telling the panel his job “wasn’t easy”.

The former PM has given evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry.

The former prime minister faced questioned about the pandemic's impact on children.