The Latest Breaking News from Fay Harris

A spokesperson said the Government did not see a public interest in an appeal on certain points.

Judges said the Tory Government failed to consider the risks from asymptomatic transmission when they allowed hospital patients to be discharged to care homes

Two women, whose fathers died during the first wave, mounted a legal challenge.

Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock’s claim of a “protective ring” around care homes during the pandemic has been branded “a joke”.

“It is also now clear that Matt Hancock’s claim that the Government threw a protective ring around care homes in the first wave of the pandemic was nothing more than a despicable lie of which he ought to be ashamed and for which he ought to apologise.”

Bereaved families and care groups said the High Court ruling proves there was no protective ring around care homes at the start of the pandemic.

Two High Court judges have ruled the Government and NHS England acted "unlawfully" during the early stages of the pandemic when it came to discharging patients into care homes

Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have won a High Court challenge against the Government over policies on discharging patients to care homes at the outset of the pandemic.

Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died, partially succeeded in their claims.