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Switch to local services likely after blunders at Whitehall-run NHS test and trace scheme
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Boris Johnson’s government is preparing to hand greater responsibilities to find and communicate with people who may have coronavirus to councils in England, the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, has indicated.
Following a series of blunders surrounding the national test and trace scheme, the cabinet minister said local services were “bound to be better” than Whitehall or centralised contact tracers.
