Money from bank accounts inactive for 15 years will be used to help financially vulnerable people and youth unemployment
The culture secretary also announced 177,216 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday - the largest number ever, bringing the government closer to Boris Johnson's promised 200,000 daily tests by the end of May.
Mr Dowden also said there had been a further 363 coronavirus-related deaths in hospitals, care homes and the community, taking the UK total to 35,704.
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