Prime Minister should have imposed a tougher lockdown last autumn to save more lives.With pressure mounting for a public inquiry into the government’s handling of covid the Downing Street spokesman refused on Tuesday to deny the words had been said.The official said: “I would point back to what the prime minister said and set out at the time.
It has always been our focus to reduce the cases of transmission, to protect the NHS and to ultimately protect lives.“That’s what we did when we first locked down the country last year and that’s what we have sought to do throughout the pandemic.”Put to him that he was not denying the allegation in the BBC probe, the official said: “I’m pointing out that throughout the pandemic what we have done is do.