The UK government has been accused of giving more thought to blood sports than women’s needs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara gave her damning account of government decision-making as part of her witness statement for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Issues such as domestic abuse and childcare were given little thought, leading to “significant negative consequences,” said MacNamara.
Meanwhile, “[t]here was a disproportionate amount of attention given to more male pursuits in terms of the impact of restrictions and then the lessening of the same (football, hunting, shooting and fishing).”