UK virus response under fire as death toll reaches 18,100
‘Something's going wrong,’ says new Labour leader Keir Starmer
22 April 2020 - 19:18
London — The British government came under sustained pressure over its coronavirus response on Wednesday when MPs got their first major opportunity in a month to hold it to account.
With the latest hospital death toll from the virus rising to 18,100 in the UK and persistent reports of a lack of protective equipment for staff in hospitals and care homes, stand-in leader foreign secretary Dominic Raab faced a barrage of tough questions...
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