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Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has restated his call for the government to give more details about its coronavirus exit strategy. He made that point in a briefing with Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, this morning also involving other opposition leaders. After it was over a spokesperson for Starmer said:
This morning Keir Starmer and other opposition leaders were briefed over the phone by the foreign secretary and senior government officials about the coronavirus pandemic. The call was constructive.
During the call, the Labour Leader raised his concerns about the availability of PPE to key workers and asked how the government would address the current shortages of supply. He also asked how confident the government was on hitting the target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month.
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