UK coronavirus: Keir Starmer says test-and-trace system 'on verge of collapse' – as it happened

Labour leader says government did not use summer to make system effective;Bolton lockdown tightenedamid highest case numbers in UK. This live blog is now closed - for updates,please follow the global coronavirus live blog6.15pmBSTRelated:Coronavirus live news: migrant camps near Athens in quarantine; South Africa sees lowest case increase in months5.55pmBSTFrom the BBC ’sNick EardleyBREAKING: Another top civil servant departingRowena Collins Rice - Director General at the Attorney General's Office - leaving her jobDept says part of process going back months, but yet another senior figure leavingContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Politics Brexit UK news Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Infectious diseases Science Health Theresa May Northern Ireland European Union Foreign policy Nicola Sturgeon Scotland Bolton Keir Starmer Source Type: news