Andrew Bailey told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that policymakers would have benefited from having easier sight of data, such as universal credit.

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said the central bank was restricted from accessing some Government data during the Covid-19 pandemic which could have helped it respond to the economic crisis.

Mr Bailey told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that policymakers would have benefited from having easier sight of data, such as universal credit.

The third stage of the independent public inquiry is examining the economic response of the Government to the pandemic.

Mr Bailey, who became the Bank’s governor in March 2020, coinciding with the onset of the pandemic, and former governor Lord Mervyn King were giving evidence on Thursday.

The Bank chief told

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