Ministers warned not to put political spin on plans to commemorate UK’s experience of pandemic

The government must not politicise plans to memorialise Covid-19, the chair of the UK commemoration commission has said, as she urged more people to submit ideas on how to remember the nation’s pandemic experience.

Baroness Nicky Morgan, a former Conservative cabinet minister, said ministers would be “unwise” to put any political spin on plans when they decide on what form memorials will take.

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