A Tory under-secretary was accused of falling for a "fantasy figure" during a fiery Question Time debate on the levels of coronavirus testing in the UK - before he U-turned.
Business junior minister Nadhim Zahawi was called out by programme host Fiona Bruce after quoting a number almost three times higher than official Government estimates.
It came as Labour's health shadow secretary Jonathan Ashworth said further severe restrictions and a potential second wave will be down to the "shambles" of test and tracing.
Stratford-on-Avon MP Mr Zahawi claimed at the start of the pandemic in March the country only had the capacity for 2,000 tests per day. "We're now doing 240,000 tests a day, but clearly there's more demand," he told Thursday's
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