LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer took the government to task today over Britain’s “truly dreadful” coronavirus death toll, which he said was “possibly on track” to becoming the worst in Europe.

He faced de facto PM Dominic Raab in Prime Minister’s Questions to say that the Tory government had been slow to react to the crisis and failed to keep the number of deaths below its suggested target.

Mr Starmer said that six weeks ago chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance indicated the government hoped to keep the overall number of deaths below 20,000.