Councils should be given responsibility for the coronavirus test and trace system, a group of experts has recommended.
Test and trace is among the powers that should be devolved to local authorities, which have been ‘disempowered and sidelined,’ according to a report by Independent SAGE, formed as an alternative to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
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