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signs of hitting the brakes. in a new report published today, the house of commons public accounts committee says that the unimaginable cost of test & trace has failed to deliver the central promise of averting a second and third lockdown. the committee chair said that the british taxpayers cannot be treated by government like an atm machine any longer. the scheme was introduced in may last year, and began with a budget of £22 billion. since then it has been allocated £15 billion more, totalling £37 billion over two years. the report also questioned the over reliance on consultants, with some being paid more than £6600 a day. joining me now is sarah olney, who s the liberal democrats mp for richmond park and is also on the committee. tell us more about why this test and trace system, many are concluding in the report, just did not work. concluding in the report, “ust did not worki concluding in the report, “ust did not work. ., . did not work. good morning. we to

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