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The Latest Breaking News on Matt Hancock to tell Covid inquiry he is being made scapegoat by No10 ‘to cover up failings’

Matt Hancock to tell Covid inquiry he is being made scapegoat by No10 ‘to cover up failings’

The former health secretary’s allies believe he is being used as a ‘dead cat’, with witnesses so far criticising his ‘nuclear levels’ of overconfidence and painting him as a serial liar

The Independent UK

Top civil servant’s foul-mouthed attack on ‘lying’ Matt Hancock at Covid inquiry

The inquiry also saw a message from Lord Sedwill to Simon Case saying Matt Hancock was ‘far up Boris Johnson’s a***’

The Independent UK

Top civil servant’s foul-mouthed attack on ‘lying’ Matt Hancock at Covid inquiry

The inquiry also saw a message from Lord Sedwill to Simon Case saying Matt Hancock was ‘far up Boris Johnson’s a***’

The Independent UK

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Top civil servant wanted Matt Hancock sacked as health secretary

Lord Sedwill joked it was necessary to remove Matt Hancock to ‘save lives and protect the NHS’

Evening Standard

Top civil servant wanted Hancock sacked as health secretary

Lord Sedwill joked it was necessary to remove Matt Hancock to ‘save lives and protect the NHS’.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock’s bizarre cricket response to being offered help during the pandemic

It is the latest damning piece of evidence about Mr Hancock’s stewardship of the Department for Health during the pandemic given to the official Covid probe

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock’s bizarre ‘batsman’ response to being offered help during the pandemic

It is the latest damning piece of evidence about Mr Hancock’s stewardship of the Department for Health during the pandemic given to the official Covid probe

The Independent UK

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Johnson thought Hancock would be ‘sacrifice for the inquiry’ – Cummings

Boris Johnson may have wanted to keep Matt Hancock as Health Secretary as a ‘sacrifice’ for the Covid-19 inquiry, Dominic Cummings has claimed.

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘killed people’ and ‘lied’ in pandemic, Cummings told PM

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Dominic Cummings denounces Boris Johnson (and everyone else)

"Gov't isn't actually that hard but this guy is really making it impossible."

Evening Standard

Dominic Cummings attacked 'useless f***pig' cabinet and 'liar' Matt Hancock in foul-mouthed WhatsApp messages

Cummings is accused of being part of a 'macho culture' within Downing Street at the start of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

WATCH: Lawyers forced to read out expletive-laden Dominic Cummings texts

LAWYERS were forced to read out extraordinary texts sent by Dominic Cummings as part of the UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Bombshell WhatsApp messages reveal Dominic Cummings’ secret foul-mouthed rants about Boris Johnson

Dominic Cummings said in a meeting with Boris Johnson he had to explain ‘the same thing 10 f****** times and he still won’t absorb it’

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry WhatsApp message said ‘the real person in charge is Carrie’

The hearing in central London is part of module two, which focuses on core UK decision-making and political governance.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Mirror’s description of Matt Hancock as ‘failed health secretary’ not inaccurate, says watchdog

Article calling him ‘cheating husband who broke the lockdown rules he wrote’ was compliant with press code

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock loses press complaint over being called ‘corrupt’ and ‘failed health secretary’

Ex-Health Secretary loses bid to have paper apologise over article called him ‘corrupt’

The Independent UK

Fine to describe Matt Hancock as a failed health secretary and cheating husband, press watchdog rules

One article said Mr Hancock ‘broke the lockdown rules he wrote and doubled down on the lies he told’

The Independent UK

What the papers say – June 28

Former health secretary Matt Hancock’s evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry features on several of Wednesday’s front pages.

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Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: Matt Hancock slams 'body bag' approach as angry bereaved turn backs on him

Over three hours of questioning, ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted there were insufficient PPE stockpiles and testing capacity but refused to accept blame - instead tearing into emergency planning

The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock confronted by family member dressed as grim reaper at Covid inquiry

Hancock told the inquiry he is “profoundly sorry” for every death caused by Covid-19 and understood why the public would find it difficult to…

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock to appear before Covid inquiry

The former health secretary will become the latest high-profile politician to appear before the Covid-19 Inquiry

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock urged not to 'rewrite history' on austerity at Covid Inquiry grilling

The ex-Health Secretary could face questions on NHS resources after Dame Sally Davies, the former Chief Medical Officer, told the Inquiry the Government 'disinvested' in public health, leaving the country lacking 'resilience'

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock — the freak show

Isabel Oakeshott leaked the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages and has hit the stage to reveal more. Robbie Griffiths reports

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock shoulder-barged and left ‘shaken up’ by anti-vaxxer, court hears - OLD

Geza Tarjanyi, 62, of Leyland in Lancashire, has denied causing harassment without violence to the former health secretary.

The Independent UK

Hancock apologises after breaching MPs’ conduct rules by lobbying standards tsar

Former health secretary Matt Hancock made a verbal apology in the Commons after being found to have committed a ‘minor breach’.

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