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A decade of Tory failure ‘weakened our defences’ with Britain woefully unprepared for pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19)

by Ceren Sagir

A DECADE of Tory failures “weakened our defences” and meant the country went into the coronavirus pandemic woefully unprepared, Labour will warn today.

Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth will highlight how Britain cannot be complacent about the future in a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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