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Whitehall chief admitted Boris Johnson is 'nationally distrusted' in leaked WhatsApps

Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson a ‘nationally distrusted figure’, top civil servant said

The remarks by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case are contained in the latest leaks of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears

Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'

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Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten the pants off’ public about Covid strain, leaked messages show

Latest messages show ex-health secretary was worried Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme was contributing to the spread of Covid

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock leaks lead to cover-up fears over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

Rishi Sunak faces calls for inquiry into whether medical evidence was ignored before the launch of his £849m initiative

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten everyone’ into following Covid rules

Latest batch of WhatsApp messages reveal discussions over when to ‘deploy’ details of new strain

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock wanted to 'frighten the pants' off public with new Covid variant, WhatsApp messages show

Latest set of WhatsApp exchanges show how Mr Hancock and others discussed how to use an announcement about the Kent variant of the virus to scare the public

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Need to ‘frighten the pants’ off public with new Covid strain, said Hancock

Leaked messages reveal discussions over when to ‘deploy’ details of a new Covid-19 strain.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock accuses Rishi Sunak of 'showing ankle' to hard right in leaked messages

MATT Hancock expressed concern that a flagship Rishi Sunak policy was contributing to the spread of Covid-19 as the latest set of leaked messages…

The National (Scotland)

Hancock hit out at Sunak amid fears his Eat Out to Help Out scheme spread Covid

The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock hit out at Rishi Sunak amid concerns over Eat Out to Help Out Covid scheme

The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary, published by the Daily Telegraph

Manchester Evening News

Hancock hit out at Sunak amid concerns over Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary, published by the Daily Telegraph.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock ridiculed Sunak’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, messages show

Then health secretary tried to get support of then cabinet secretary, according to leaked WhatsApp texts

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock mocked Eat Out To Help Out amid concerns about spread of Covid-19

The former Health Secretary branded the scheme ‘eat out to help the virus get about’

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Latest WhatsApp leaks reveal Hancock and Sunak clashed over UK lockdown policy

Leaked messages appear to show former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and shamed ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock were at loggerheads during the pandemic over the extent of Tory lockdown measures

The Independent UK

Hancock mocked Eat Out To Help Out amid concerns about virus spread

Matt Hancock and Rishi Sunak clashed over the course of the pandemic on Covid restrictions and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

Daily Mirror

Kidnap survivor with PTSD during Covid livid at Matt Hancock's hotel quarantine jokes

Award winning journalist and refugee Zaina Erhaim has condemned messages sent by then health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case about quarantine hotels

The Independent UK

Timeline of lockdown gatherings as committee investigates whether Johnson lied

The saga is not over, with a Commons committee investigating whether the former PM lied to MPs with his partygate denials.

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Manchester Evening News

Ministers did not understand their own lockdown rules, former GMP chief says

Sir Peter Fahy said 'constant confusion' caused 'huge resentment' in policing

Manchester Evening News

Government wanted to 'get heavy' with police over Covid lockdown rules

'The plod got their marching orders'

Evening Standard

The 10 most excruciating leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages

The more than 100,000 leaked texts shed light on the Government’s haphazard handling of the pandemic. Ethan Croft has combed through the data and dug out the most salacious

The Independent UK

Ministers’ confusion about Covid rules caused resentment among police – ex-chief

Matt Hancock and senior officials discussed the need to ‘get heavy’ with the police over enforcing lockdown measures, leaked messages show.

Evening Standard

Country’s most senior civil servant Simon Case mocked holidaymakers ‘locked up’ in Covid quarantine hotels

The UK’s most senior civil servant mocked travellers who were being “locked up” in quarantine hotels during the Covid pandemic, according to leaked WhatsApp messages published by the Telegraph.

The Independent UK

Airlines and airports ‘horribly self-serving’ during Covid, says top civil servant in leaked messages

‘I just want to see some of the faces of people coming out of first class and into a premier inn shoe box,’ Sir Simon Case joked of hotel quarantine

The Guardian - UK

Police and travel industry react angrily to Matt Hancock lockdown texts

Messages show Hancock urging ministers to ‘get heavy’ with police and making light of hotel quarantine situation

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