# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRSKbN9jtpY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37193667-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-20T15:45:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

As Covid took hold in 2020, millions of us were told to stay at home and billions of pounds were spent propping up the UK’s economy.
 
The Covid inquiry will publish its second set of findings on Thursday, looking in detail at the huge political choices made at the time - including how lockdowns were introduced, the closure of businesses and schools, and bringing in social restrictions. 
 
"Did the government serve the people well, or did it fail them?" asked the lead counsel at the start of this part of the inquiry in 2023. 
 
Since then more than 7,000 documents have been made public from the time, including WhatsApp chats and emails, private diaries and confidential files.
 
Here, BBC News has picked out some of the urgent messages and scribbled notes that shine a light on how critical decisions were taken in 2020.
 
Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read more behind-the-scenes details from the UK’s Covid response.
 
#Covidinquiry #Covid #BBCNews

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