The former home secretary was highly critical of the Department for Health and Social Care
A former policing chief told how he had to put off enforcing new coronavirus laws because he had only received the legislation from Matt Hancock 16 minutes before it should have come into force.
Mr Keith suggested that the role of home secretary is a “very important beast in the jungle”, adding: “When the DHSC presented at the 11th-hour another set of regulations, you must have screamed at them and said ‘you cannot do this again. This is unacceptable. These are matters of criminal law, these are matters of regulating the populace’?”Asked what happened after pushing back against DHSC, the former home secretary said: “They would proceed.
“People’s preparedness to comply is eroded when I think that the other person over there is having an easier time than me.Policing during the pandemic was “largely uncharted territory” for forces in terms of trying to achieve compliance with the regulations, Mr Hewitt added.
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