Children "paid a huge price" to protect the rest of society during lockdown and school closures should only be a "last resort" in future pandemics, Boris Johnson has said. Giving evidence at the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, the former prime minister said he wished another solution could have been found to shutting down classrooms but predictions about the spread of the virus at the time were "really grim" Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/children-paid-huge-price-during-covid-and-future-lockdowns-should-be-last-resort-says-boris-johnson-13454423 #covid #covidinquiry #borisjohnson #politics SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales