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As free school meals are extended into the Christmas holidays, the government has backtracked on more than a dozen of its key policies throughout Covid-19.

Health secretary Matt Hancock leads the daily press briefing following the announcement that the NHSX coronavirus app has been dropped in favour of technology built by Apple and Google. He is expected to be joined by NHS Test and Trace chair Baroness Dido Harding.

'Tell me about the government’s commitment to transparency?'

Victim whose ordeal sparked change in law welcomes change