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Starmer hits out at Johnson for failing to apologise for blaming frontline workers for Covid-19 deaths in care homes
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London

SIR KEIR STARMER accused Boris Johnson today of repeatedly failing to apologise for his comments on care homes and for denying that botched government policies led to coronavirus-linked deaths of some residents.

During Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), the Labour leader took the PM to task over comments in which he appeared to blame care homes for the number of deaths linked to Covid-19.

More than 19,000 care home residents have died from the coronavirus – a number that Sir Keir said was “chilling.”

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