Matt Hancock: Leaked messages reveal battle over Covid and schools
Leaked messages show the then-health and education secretaries clashed over classes resuming. Source link
In one message, dated 14 April, Mr Hancock reportedly told aides that Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medial Officer for England, had conducted an “evidence review” and recommended “testing of all going into care homes, and segregation whilst awaiting result”. Source link
The former health secretary was suspended as a Conservative MP after taking part in I’m A Celebrity. Source link
A bereaved mother says Matt Hancock’s decision to go on I’m A Celebrity is disrespectful. Source link
Alex Bourne says the former health secretary had no involvement is his company winning NHS work. Source link
In a letter posted online by Mr Hancock, Ms Songwe said the “acceleration of vaccines that has led the UK move faster towards economic recovery is one testament to the strengths that you will bring to this role, together with your fiscal and monetary experience”. Source link
The ex-health secretary’s use of private email and potential severance pay are coming under scrutiny. Source link
He says “those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and that’s why I have got to resign”. Source link
The Queen has held her first in person meeting with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in more than a year. Mr Johnson said it had been 15 months since the pair last met. HRH Queen Elizabeth II said she’d been talking to the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, calling him a “poor … Read more
The health secretary says the “fair” rollout of Covid vaccines was critical to winning public trust. Source link