A Woman Problem at The Covid Inquiry

It has been a somewhat explosive week at the Covid inquiry, with Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain and Helen McNamara all appearing. Alongside the chaos in government, it became apparent that there was a bit of a "woman problem" i.e. there weren't many involved in the decision-making process. This had real-world consequences. Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Emma Burnell discuss it all.

Covid inquiry: Key points from Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain evidence - BBC News

Covid inquiry: Read the private WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street - BBC News

Former civil servant says Dominic Cummings texts to ‘handcuff her’ are ‘horrible’ - Independent

Matt Hancock 'wanted to decide who should live and die - Telegraph

Chris Whitty referred to ‘Eat out to help out’ as ‘Eat out to help out the virus’, UK Covid inquiry told – as it happened - Guardian

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