Piers Morgan is set to give the health secretary a grilling on Good Morning Britain as the presenter claims the government has ended its 'boycott' of the show.
The controversial breakfast show host took to Twitter this afternoon to announce that Matt Hancock will be making an appearance on Monday's show.
"Just had a call from Downing Street. The 201-day government boycott of Good Morning Britain is over and Health Secretary Matt Hancock will be appearing on the show tomorrow morning," he posted.
The Cabinet minister's appearance will be the first time a member of the government has been interviewed on the ITV show since April.
Piers had previously hit out at the government for supposedly boycotting the show accusing them of 'cowardice'.
GMB reporter Nick Dixon managed to catch the health secretary for a brief interview on Tuesday (November 10) as the minister made his way to the BBC studios in London.
Asked why members of the government would not appear on the show, Mr Hancock said he would come on the show "as soon as I can" - before telling the reporter he was busy the next day and had "an awful lot of work to do".
Watching the encounter from the studio, Piers told viewers they were "the first words to Good Morning Britain from any government minister since the middle of April".
During the following day's show, Piers recounted the last time the health secretary appeared on the show, describing him as a "bossy school teacher".
"He found that intolerable, being asked difficult questions like why were you under-prepared for a pandemic," Piers said. "So that was the last we saw of him."
When Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appeared on the show last month, she told Piers it was “pretty disgraceful” for government ministers to refuse to appear on a breakfast TV show during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ms Sturgeon said: “Right now, communicating directly with the public is a real public duty on the part of leaders.”
Piers had told her: “As a rule of thumb, you come on pretty much whenever we ask you to be accountable for your decision making. We have not had a member of the UK Government on here for 148 days.”
He asked if that is a “dereliction of their duty to the electorate", to which she replied: “I think that is pretty disgraceful actually. I think particularly at a time like this."
Good Morning Britain airs on ITV at 6am
