NHS Test and Trace

Double-Jabbed Adults Will No Longer Have To Isolate At Home After Covid ‘Contact’

Boris Johnson’s radical plan comes as gap between first and second doses for under-40s slashed to 8 weeks.
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Tory Councillor Says £500 Self-Isolation Payment Could Be 'Incentive' To Spread Covid

John Fuller, a senior Tory council leader, has come under fire for claiming the £500 payment could encourage people to catch Covid-19.
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Just 18% Of People With Covid Symptoms Use Test And Trace

Research shows working class men, young people and parents of young children less likely to isolate.
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Test And Trace Hiring A 'Lessons Learnt Analyst' On £45,000 Salary

Controversial service is looking for someone who can "see the big picture".
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Cabinet Office To Probe Contract With Deloitte To Draft Ministers' Answers On Test And Trace

Minister Julia Lopez vows to look into Labour claims that the government "appears to have outsourced itself".
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Consultants Deloitte Paid To Draft Ministers' Parliamentary Answers On Test And Trace

Critics say small print in contracts worth £323m shows firm is "marking its own homework" and civil service impartiality is being undermined.
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Matt Hancock Says Government 'Hit The Ball Out The Park' With Covid Response

No.10 lists vaccination rollout, testing and Dexamethasone as success stories, but resists calls for immediate inquiry into 126,000 deaths.
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Meetings Held By Test And Trace's Dido Harding Kept Secret - On Cost Grounds

Exclusive: The Department of Health and Social Care said releasing the information would "exceed the appropriate cost limit" of £600.
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'No Clear Evidence' £22bn Test And Trace Spending Has Cut Covid Rates, Watchdog Says

Withering report by Commons Public Accounts Committee slams ministers for treating taxpayers ‘like cash machines’
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7 Things The Government Spent Money On Instead Of A Pay Rise For NHS Staff

Taxpayers' money has been lavished on questionable PPE contracts, Brexit preparations and other "vanity projects".
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