Why The Buck Stops With Johnson And Hancock On Covid Testing Failures
(WorldNews Politics)

You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. For buck’s sake, fix it On July 21, Matt Hancock appeared before the Commons science and technology committee and was asked a series of simple but direct questions by its chairman, former cabinet minister Greg Clark. Who is responsible for setting testing strategy? “The government, so me as Secretary of State,” replied the health secretary. “The process is that testing strategy is then considered by the Covid-O Cabinet Sub-Committee and signed off cross-Government either there or at the Covid-S Cabinet Sub-Committee that is chaired by the Prime...