Sir Gavin Williamson said blunders were made when making massive decisions like closing all schools during the covid pandemic as the inquiry into 2020 lockdown continues

The rushed plan to close schools during the Covid crisis was drafted overnight, the ex-education secretary admitted today (October 14). ‌

Sir Gavin Williamson confessed blunders were made in planning for the pandemic and wishes he had done things differently. ‌

During his grilling by the Covid inquiry in London, he revealed the government paper on school closures in England was commissioned and written overnight. ‌

The UK shut classrooms to most children in March 2020 during the first lockdown.

Counsel to the inquiry Clair Dobbin probed Mr Williamson if "the bottom line is this... there was no plan to impleme

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