Tory Ministers' decisions about coronavirus have been “shrouded with secrecy”, a top scientist has said, as he called for more transparency over policies concerning the pandemic.
Sir Paul Nurse, the director of the Francis Crick Institute, said the Government should “treat the public as adults” in its communications over Covid-19.
Sir Paul told the BBC’s Today Programme: “I think we need greater openness in the decision-making. "It sometimes seems somewhat shrouded in secrecy. "And not only that, but better communication of what’s happening. "Treat the public as adults.
He added: "At the height of the infection I was at a select committee in April and a public health person I think it was – they may have been from the Department for Health