Helen MacNamara said the official response to the virus in early 2020 was 'contaminated by ego' and a lack of diversity in No10 had real world effects
Helen MacNamara said the official response to the virus in early 2020 was ‘contaminated by ego’ and a lack of diversity in No10 had real world effectsfailed to tackle a “macho” culture of misogyny, bullying and lack of diversity inside Downing Street which hampered the government’s response to Covid, the, who at the time was the most senior female civil servant in government, revealed how the official response to the virus in early 2020 was “contaminated by ego” in which women in No10 were...
Dominic Cummings, former adviser to prime minister Boris Johnson, arrives at Dorland House to give evidence to the Covid inquiry in London In February 2020, in the early weeks of the virus emerging, Mr Johnson took an “unbelievably bullish” approach in meetings that the UK response would be the best in the world, while his team sat “laughing at the Italians” as Covid took a heavy toll in that country.
After Mr Johnson eventually raised the issue with Sir Simon Stevens, the then chief executive of NHS England, he allegedly reassured ministers the issue had been misreported, and there was not in fact a problem. “But that’s the kind of culture that I want to create in any work environment… we all want to work in places that are rewarding, fulfilling, and fun places to be where you enjoy being with your colleagues, and you’re respected.”
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