The UK government needs to provide transparent criteria for lifting lockdowns, says a report by a committee of MPs that cites “serious concerns” about lack of clarity. “For the Government to build public confidence, it is absolutely vital that it is open on how it reaches its decisions and the data underpinning them,” MP William Wragg, chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), said in a statement. In their report published on Monday, the committee called on the government to learn from past failures in data handling. “The framework for lockdown and tiering decisions has changed repeatedly throughout the pandemic,” reads the committee statement. “While the Committee does not object to the inclusion of new factors in decision making, changes in the framework so far have not appeared to reflect new information. This has amounted to a moving of the goalposts, created uncertainty, and must stop.” Last autumn, …