Jeremy Hunt on the lessons of Covid-19
Political Fix8 Jul 2020

Jeremy Hunt on the lessons of Covid-19

In the first episode of a special summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Jeremy Hunt, former health secretary and chair of the health select committee, about why the UK was not better prepared for the pandemic and what lessons need to be learnt from the government’s response so far.

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