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Two of the governments most powerful civil servants have said they were not aware of any attempt to make economic preparations for a possible global pandemic in the years leading up to the coronavirus outbreak.Sir Tom Scholar and Alex Chisholm, the permanent secretaries in the Treasury and the Cabinet Office respectively, confirmed that although the government simulated an international flu outbreak in 2016, Whitehall did not devise a plan for dealing with the consequences for the economy.Instead, Scholar told MPs, civil servants devised schemes to help businesses as they went along . The disclosure, made before the public accounts committee, prompted its chair, Labours Meg Hillier, to say she was dumbstruck .What was Exercise Cygnus and what did it find Read moreScholar and Chisholm appeared before the commi
stanley cup ttee on Monday to answer questions about the governments response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Conservative MP James Wild asked them whether they were aware of an economic plan equivalent to Exercise Cygnus, the 2016 simulation that involved 950 emergency planning officials.Scholar, who joined the
stanley website Treasury in 1992, replied: We developed our economic response in the weeks leading up to the budget. I dont know to what extent the Treasury was involved in that exercise. Referring to the schemes devised to help businesses during the pandemic, Sch
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The UK governments policy of allowing children in detention in England and Wales to be locked alone in their cells for up to 23 hours a day under emergency Covid-19 measures is extreme and inhumane and could lead to lifelong mental health damage, according to the UN special rapporteur on torture and leading child health experts.Since March, facilities have been able to keep children as young as 12 confined alone in their cells for all but around 40 minutes a day. The measures, which were put in place to stop potential Covid-19 outbreaks, affect around
stanley bottle 500 under 18-year-olds in youth detention and another 4,000 18-21-year-olds held in adult prisons.Prof Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment, told the Guardian that solitary confinement is so damaging to children that it should never have been seen as a reasonable response to the threat of Covid-19 infections.Its just too long: children i
kubki stanley n detention may face Covid-19 restrictions until 2022Read more [Solitary confinement] is a more extreme measure with children than it is with adults. If it exceeds two weeks it would amount to cruel and inhuman treatment, he said. Its use should be exceptional and in most cases there should be different measures to stop the spr
stanley trinkflaschen ead of Covid. These kinds of stress factors are likely to affect this young generation for decades to come. If they spend a year like this it could affect their whole life. In response, the Minis
