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Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father died from Covid in a care home, urges viewers to boycott ITV show

A spokesperson said the Government did not see a public interest in an appeal on certain points.

Matt Hancock wrongly claimed to have thrown a ‘protective ring’ around care homes, bereaved relatives say after damning High Court ruling

Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris brought legal action against the Government for its care home policies in early 2020, when they lost their fathers Michael Gibson and Donald Harris

"They were trying to hide it, trying to stop it. Now I can seek justice for my dad. But it’s not just my father, it’s for the people who didn’t have a voice.”

Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock’s claim of a “protective ring” around care homes during the pandemic has been branded “a joke”.

“It is also now clear that Matt Hancock’s claim that the Government threw a protective ring around care homes in the first wave of the pandemic was nothing more than a despicable lie of which he ought to be ashamed and for which he ought to apologise.”

Bereaved families and care groups said the High Court ruling proves there was no protective ring around care homes at the start of the pandemic.

A British court has ruled that the government’s decision to discharge untested patients from hospitals into nursing homes early in the coronavirus pandemic was illegal