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LABOUR demanded today that the government stop making promises it can’t keep on Covid-19, as more issues came to light over Britain’s lack of testing capacity.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, PM Boris Johnson defended his troubled Covid-19 testing system amid mounting fears of a second wave of coronavirus in care homes this winter.
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner told him “we don’t have weeks” to sort problems with the testing system, which has seen shortfalls across at least 10 Covid-19 hotspots.
Against the backdrop of the Durham Miners’ Gala, Matt Kerr talks to ANDY McDONALD MP about Labour’s mistakes, Burnham’s leadership and why raising living standards must come first
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
JAMIE DRISCOLL’s group, Majority, with an inclusive approach and supportive training, aims to sidestep many of the problems afflicting Britain’s progressive movement