UK refusal of EU ventilator offer was 'political decision'

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Senior Foreign Office official tells MPs that ministers refused scheme because UK had left the EU

British ministers made a political decision not to be involved in an EU procurement scheme to purchase medical equipment, a senior Foreign Office official has told MPs, raising doubts over previous claims that the UK did not take part because of missed emails.

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