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Small fraction of public have any faith in private outsourcing firms running Covid test and trace system

by Lamiat Sabin

Parliamentary reporter

ONLY 15 per cent of the public think a private company such as “untrustworthy” outsourcing firm Serco should be in charge of England’s coronavirus contact-tracing scheme, a new poll reveals.

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