NEWS
Test and Trace callers worked just one per cent of time
£22billion was ‘thrown at’ NHS Test and Trace in a manner that did not allow for proper scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and waste, a report by the National Audit Office has found. After 18,000 call handlers were employed in May, their ‘utilisation rates’ were just one per cent, and workers have spoken of how they were effectively being paid to ‘watch Netflix’ with one describing receiving £4,500 without receiving a single call — Telegraph
Prepare for no deal, PM tells Britain — Times
Coronavirus testing for all secondary school pupils in numerous London boroughs — Mail
Face-recognition cameras to catch shoplifters raise fears over privacy — Times
COMMENT
The vindictive EU harms itself by turning Brexit into a punishment — Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
