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Piers Morgan and MP Oliver Dowden clash over Cheltenham Festival go ahead

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Piers Morgan and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden have clashed over the decision to let the 2020 Cheltenham Festival proceed.

The pair let their views known on Good Morning Britain, with the celebrity host claiming Dowden and the government were "actively encouraging" people to go to such events at the time.

The Cheltenham Festival was held with around 250,000 people in attendance from March 10-13, after extra hygiene measures were deployed at the venue.

Pressed by Morgan on Monday's show, Mr Dowden said: "The scientific evidence we were being given was that, at a mass gathering, the threat at a mass gathering relates to the people who immediately surround you - the people in front of you and behind you. "The risk at mass gatherings was no

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