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Letters: The emergency phone alert has the hallmarks of another costly failure

Plus: the Diane Abbott race row; British nationals stuck in Sudan; the value of the state pension; and an evening with Dame Edna Everage

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Jonathan Van Tam: 'The pandemic was like being on a warfront for two years'

When Covid struck, they found themselves leading the UK response. Now, scientists and experts reflect on the highs and lows of the crisis

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Consultants were paid total of £1m a day to work on NHS Test and Trace, leaks reveal

WhatsApp messages between Matt Hancock and advisers show he was shocked at learning extent of spending

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'No one thinks testing is going well, Matt,' George Osborne told Hancock

Former chancellor disagreed with the then health secretary’s glowing appraisal of his own programme

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Almost £15bn wasted on unused Covid supplies in two years

National Audit Office gives damning appraisal of Department of Health spending as billions in taxpayers’ cash written off

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England to Pause Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing Among Medical and Care Staff

COVID-19 testing among medical and care staff with no symptoms in England will be paused at the end of August, the UK government has announced.

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Deloitte cashes in on government contracts as KPMG stands aside

Rival's withdrawal from public sector work helps land consultant a £53m payday

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NHS Test and Trace to be scaled back as 'living with Covid' plan takes hold

Some £18bn has been spent on organisation since its creation, according to National Audit Office Covid tracker

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Here's how to save the NHS £12bn... without damaging patient care

With almost six million people on its waiting list for routine treatments, the NHS is under pressure as never before.

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Boris Johnson hasn't learned the lessons of the pingdemic

Testing must be used to reopen society, not keep it shut down

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WhatsApp messages between Matt Hancock and advisers show he was shocked at learning extent of spending

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Former chancellor disagreed with the then health secretary’s glowing appraisal of his own programme

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Rival's withdrawal from public sector work helps land consultant a £53m payday

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With almost six million people on its waiting list for routine treatments, the NHS is under pressure as never before.

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Testing must be used to reopen society, not keep it shut down

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