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Coronavirus: Labour urges PM to stop 'winging it' over easing restrictions
Jun 3, 2020
Boris Johnson's "mismanagement" of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned.
In his strongest criticism yet of the PM's handling of the crisis, he told the Guardian that Mr Johnson must "get a grip" and restore public trust.
He said there was a suspicion the PM was "winging it" over moves to reopen schools and relax shielding advice.
But No 10 said it was proceeding with caution to secure a safe recovery.
Mr Johnson and Sir Keir will later go head-to-head at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time since the row over Dominic Cummings' conduct erupted.
Also later on Wednesday, the government will give more details of its proposals to require the majority of those arriving in the UK to self-isolate for 14 days amid criticism of the quarantine plan from many Conservative MPs.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said "we owe it to the thousands who have died" to introduce measures to risk imported cases over the summer months.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has suggested the UK is beginning to "win the battle" against the virus, which has now claimed the lives of nearly 40,000 people, according to the government's daily case figures.
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