Tom Watson’s reply to Matt Hancock on Covid testing

Former Labour deputy leader Former MP

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Fair play. Great leadership.

Tom Watson praised Matt Hancock after the health secretary said the government had reached its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day.

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Why it mattered

The reply attracted criticism from the left while the government was under scrutiny over how it counted the tests. The Canary reproduced Watson’s reply in its reporting on that dispute.

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