Labour leader Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of causing a collapse in public confidence over the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis – and told him to “get a grip”. In a Guardian interview, Starmer launched a scathing attack on the prime minister over the easing of the lockdown restrictions such as reopening schools […]

Data provided by people through the new test-and-trace programme to defeat coronavirus will be kept for 20 years, it has been revealed. The disclosure – coming after ministers rejected a plea from MPs and peers to pass an emergency law to set out clear rules – will heighten privacy fears, on the day the scheme finally got underway. Information including name, […]