On Monday 3rd August, the mayor of London accused the Prime Minister of excluding him from Whitehall discussions over Covid-19 plans.
Sadiq Khan accused Boris Johnson of “riding roughshod” over democratically elected local leaders following accusations that Khan was excluded from discussions over new plans for London to go back into quarantine. The prime minister is believed to be discussing proposals for an M25-wide lockdown with restrictions on people coming in and out of the capital if coronavirus resurges strongly in London. But neither the London mayor nor other London council leaders participated in the planning exercise or asked to comment on the proposals.
Khan said Johnson’s behaviours was “totally unacceptable” and an affront to millions of Londoners.
In the meantime. Sir Paul Nurse, the director of the Francis Crick Institute, has also accused the government of taking major decisions about coronavirus which have been “shrouded with secrecy” and called on the government to “treat the public as adults” in its communications about Covid-19.
“I think we need greater openness in the decision-making,” he told the BBC Today Programme. “It sometimes seems somewhat shrouded in secrecy.
“And not only that, but better communication of what’s happening. Treat the public as adults.”
