Ministers may not be keen on scrapping it entirely, says Andrew Grice, but at the very least they should seek help from councils. There’s just enough time to make it work before schools reopen
is in denial about the government’s test and trace system, sticking to his guns by insisting it is the “world-beating” one he promised by June. His justification is that the UK is testing more per head of population than anywhere in Europe. He didn’t say thatThe prime minister can be forgiven for not wanting to admit to another mistake.
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