Matt Hancock has apologised for people's "pain and anguish" during the coronavirus pandemic, after the High Court ruled the Government's care home discharge policies were unlawful.
On Wednesday, the High Court found that policies in March and early April 2020 were unlawful because they failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non-symptomatic transmission of the virus.
The claim against the Government was brought by two women after their fathers died from Covid-19 - Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died.
