This is a deeply tragic and moving moment, the Home Secretary said - but with more than 20,000 deaths in UK hospitals - the government is coming under more pressure to be transparent about the expert scientific advice it is getting.

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Opposition parties are demanding to know why the Prime Minister's top political aide Dominic Cummings had been allowed to attend meetings of a key scientific advisory group. Number 10 insisted it was being provided with independent advice.

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