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Tonight at ten, boris johnson's government is accused of presiding over one of the "biggest public health failures" ever seen in britain. thousand of lives were lost because of the delayed lockdown last year according to two westminster committees. we, too, could have avoided the need for a lockdown but when that became inevitable we also took too long. even though we were one of the first countries in the world to develop a test, we didn't have enough testing capacity. as the nhs was driven to breaking point many of those lost were elderly and vulnerable people whose families responded today....

The decision by borisjohnson�*s government to delay the first covid lockdown was a "serious error" and part of one of the "biggest public health failures" in the history of the united kingdom. that's one of the stark conclusions of a report by two parliamentary committees at westminster. the mps say the delay in introducing a lockdown last year cost thousands of lives. many of those lost were elderly and vulnerable people in care homes. there was also criticism of �*light touch border controls' only applied to countries with high infection rates. the start of the nhs test and trace system ...