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		</div><p>The UK’s coronavirus death toll passed 50,000 as Boris Johnson was accused of presiding over a government that lacked the “trust and confidence” of the British people.</p>
<p>At a fractious Prime Minister’s Questions Mr Johnson clashed with Labour leader Keir Starmer about his approach to easing the lockdown and reopening England’s schools.</p>
<p>The British Prime Minister defended NHS England’s test and trace system – one of the key measures introduced to help the return to something approaching normality – but promised to increase the speed with which concerned people get the results of coronavirus tests.</p>
<p>The Commons clashes came as the grim milestone of 50,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 was passed, according to analysis of official figures by the PA news agency.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson defended his handling of the crisis, telling MPs: “<i>I take full responsibility for everything this government has been doing in tackling coronavirus and I’m very proud of our record.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Starmer said there had been a “<i>loss of trust</i>” in Mr Johnson’s administration and claimed the Prime Minister had refused an offer to work together on building a consensus on the reopening of England’s schools.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson said Mr Starmer had not offered “<i>any dissent</i>” during a private phone call about the government’s approach and questioned the purpose of his “<i>endless attacks</i>” on the official response to the crisis.</p>
<p>In response to claims that the test and trace system was weeks away from being fully operational, Mr Johnson said it was working – but stopped short of giving figures to back up his claim.</p>
<p>He said “<i>thousands</i>” of contacts of people who had tested positive for coronavirus had been traced.</p>
<p>In response to pressure from former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, Mr Johnson set a target of test results being turned around in 24 hours by the end of the month.</p>
<p>Some 90% of tests are returned within 48 hours and Mr Johnson said that he would get “<i>all tests turned around in 24 hours by the end of June</i>” apart from instances where there were postal or other problems.</p>
<p>The speed of getting results is critical to the operation of the test and trace system, which relies on identifying people who have been in contact with a positive case and getting them to self-isolate.</p>
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