Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clash in PMQs over coronavirus testing in care homes
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a heated Prime Minister's Questions with Labour's Sir Keir Starmer, as the opposition leader probed him on coronavirus testing in care homes.
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said that the expanded team of call centre workers and tracers would be ready by June 1 and would able to handle 10,000 new Covid-19 cases a day.
he announcement came after Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the decision to abandon the original contact tracing scheme nearly 10 weeks ago had left a "huge hole in our defences".
Hitting back, Mr Johnson accused Sir Keir of "feigned ignorance" and said he had previously made clear that the UK had been forced to change course due to a lack of testing capacity.
During the fiery exchange, Health Secretary Matt Hancock was also reprimanded by Sir Lindsay Hoyle for heckling Sir Keir, with the Speaker warning that he was "more than happy" for him to be leave the chamber.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a heated Prime Minister’s Questions with Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer, as the opposition leader probed him on coronavirus testing in care homes.
Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson said that the expanded team of call centre workers and tracers would be ready by June 1 and would able to handle 10,000 new Covid-19 cases a day.
he announcement came after Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the decision to abandon the original contact tracing scheme nearly 10 weeks ago had left a “huge hole in our defences”.
Hitting back, Mr Johnson accused Sir Keir of “feigned ignorance” and said he had previously made clear that the UK had been forced to change course due to a lack of testing capacity.
During the fiery exchange, Health Secretary Matt Hancock was also reprimanded by Sir Lindsay Hoyle for heckling Sir Keir, with the Speaker warning that he was “more than happy” for him to be leave the chamber.
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