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Councils to receive £400m to tackle COVID-19

The Government has announced funding of £400m for English councils to support COVID-19 test, trace and contain activity.

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By Martin Ford | 25 February 2021

The Government has announced funding of £400m for English councils to support COVID-19 test, trace and contain activity.

To be delivered from April, the money takes the total allocated to the contain outbreak management fund to £2bn.

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