Families are demanding an urgent inquiry after their loved ones died in care homes during the pandemic.
They thought their elderly relatives were in the "safest place" after Matt Hancock promised to put a "protective ring" around care homes last year.
On Thursday, the Health Secretary dodged questions about Dominic Cummings’ claim that he lied to the PM about hospital patients being tested before being sent to care homes.
Mr Hancock claimed he had "been straight with people".
Dr Cathy Gardner from Sidmouth in Devon, whose dad was one of those who died in a care home, has won a judicial review to hold the Government to account for their failings during the pandemic.
And she believes both the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary should face manslaughter charges too.
A campaign group, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, which represents more than 4,000 grieving families, are demanding that the PM holds an inquiry as soon as possible, reports The Mirror.
A number of people in the North East also lost loved ones in care homes.
As Mr Cummings gave evidence, Paul Sexton was facing the first anniversary of his 84-year-old mum Cathleen Sexton’s death from Covid.
Mr Sexton, 55, an independent county councillor from Durham, said: "At my mam’s care home 28 people died and she was the 24th person. She died on May 26th last year so this week has been hard.
"I looked at mam through the window but she was in a Covid coma by then and she never really came out of it.
"I think people were treated as expendable. It was absolutely shocking.
"I feel very let down by the Government but I’m not after anyone’s head. It is not going to bring my mam back and the thousands who died.
"But we need to learn lessons from it. Let’s hope everyone who died, didn’t die in vain."
Grieving Deborah Doyle said Cummings’ evidence was "incredibly hard" to watch. Deborah also lost her mum Sylvia Griffiths, 76, to suspected coronavirus in April last year.
"I can't get closure because I still don’t believe she’s gone," Deborah, 54, of Sunderland, told the Mirror. "The first time I saw her was the coffin."
Deborah, said she was "absolutely gobsmacked" as she watched the Prime Minister’s former advisor on Wednesday.
"We need to see the evidence now and that’s why a statutory public inquiry is so important," she said.
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