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Kumba Kpakima

NHS Test and Trace budget to be ‘cut in new Living with Covid plan’

Stock image: A member of NHS Track and Trace gives the thumbs-up to a driver taking a coronavirus test

(Picture: PA Wire)

The government’s flagship test-and-trace system is set to lose billions of pounds and hundreds of staff in new Living With Covid plan, according to reports.

The programme, which ended up costing taxpayers an “eye-watering” £37 billion as one of the most expensive health programmes, will reportedly see a huge cut to its budget in the government’s new Living with Covid plan, according to The Daily Telegraph.

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