No 10 facing fresh calls for transparency over Sage pandemic advice
by Ian Sample and Rowena Mason from Science | The Guardian on (#5316H)
Government publishes names of 50 members of experts' group but list is incomplete
Downing Street is facing fresh calls for transparency about the expert advice it receives after it published the names of 50 experts who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which discusses how to handle the coronavirus epidemic.
The list of names, which is not complete, was released after critics raised questions about the secrecy of Sage and the Guardian revealed that Boris Johnson's chief political adviser, Dominic Cummings, had played an active role in Sage meetings.
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