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'The vast majority of the judgment found in the Government’s favour'

“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.

Former health secretary ‘frequently stated how he wished [issue of asymptomatic transmission’ had been brought to his attention earlier’, says spokesman