UK Covid live: Andy Burnham says England's north must not be 'sacrificial lamb' for flawed No 10 lockdown policy
UK records 18,980 more cases, with English hospital admissions up 15% in a day; Barrow-in-Furness, York, north-east Derbyshire, Erewash and Chesterfield move into tier 2 alongside London, Essex and Elmbridge
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1/3 Disappointed by the #EUCO conclusions on UK/EU negotiations. Surprised EU is no longer committed to working "intensively" to reach a future partnership as agreed with @vonderleyen on 3 October.
2/3 Also surprised by suggestion that to get an agreement all future moves must come from UK. It's an unusual approach to conducting a negotiation.
3/3 PM @BorisJohnson will set out UK reactions and approach tomorrow in the light of his statement of 7 September.
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In the Commons Matt Hancock, the health secretary, had to defend the performance of NHS Test and Trace in response to repeated complaints about it from MPs. They have been infuriated by revelations that some consultants working on it have been paid as much as 6,250, despite the fact it's not meeting its targets. A document from the government's Scientific Advisory Committee for Emergencies published on Monday said test and trace was only having a marginal impact" on reducing the spread of the virus.
Hancock stressed that the weekly performance figures published today (pdf) showed improvement or positive developments in some areas. And there are some pluses in the 45-page document. But, overall, it shows that the service is still failing to meet its key targets.
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