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Sunak and Hancock complained of ‘nightmare’ Dominic Cummings

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

The Independent UK

Isabel Oakeshott hangs up on Times Radio during heated interview

Journalist’s decision to share Matt Hancock WhatsApp texts with rival outlet questioned by Cathy Newman

The Guardian - UK

Hancock leaks reveal WhatsApp risks – information commissioner

The widespread use of WhatsApp by ministers and officials in Whitehall risks poses risks for transparency, the Information Commissioner has warned.

The Independent UK

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Isabel Oakeshott hangs up on radio interview after fiery clash over Matt Hancock leak

Journalist leaves interview when asked why she did not share exclusive with her TalkTV colleagues

The Independent UK

‘How bad are the pictures?’ WhatsApp leak reveals Hancock’s 41-hour battle to save job over affair with aide

Former health secretary was told to ‘think hard’ about whether he broke any social distancing rules

The Independent UK

'I can't say it's very enjoyable viewing': Matt Hancock's reaction to CCTV leak

THE latest leaked messages between Matt Hancock and officials show the then health secretary scrambling to save his career after CCTV footage…

The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock's 41-hour battle to save career after Gina Coladangelo affair revealed

Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock scrambled to save his political career in the hours after footage of him kissing aide Gino Coladangelo during the Covid pandemic

Daily Mirror

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‘How bad are the pics?’: Messages show Hancock’s reaction after Gina Coladangelo affair revealed

The latest set of WhatsApp messages has emerged from the leak of more than 100,000

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock messages show reaction after images of clinch with Gina Coladangelo were leaked

More leaked WhatsApp comments put former health secretary under further scrutiny

Wales Online

‘How bad are the pics?’: Messages show Hancock’s reaction after CCTV leak

The latest set of WhatsApp messages has emerged from the leak of more than 100,000,

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock ‘hoped Covid could propel his career into next league’

Ex-health secretary used thousands of messages to edit social media output

The Independent UK

'Government's Covid shambles laid bare amid Matt Hancock's WhatsApp message mayhem'

Brian Reade says Matt Hancock's WhatsApp fiasco just confirms how incompetent the Tory Government - and he himself - were during the Covid-19 pandemic

Daily Mirror

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’

Evening Standard

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Daily Mirror

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 Conversation

Oakeshott and Hancock: betraying a confidential source damages journalism and is a threat to public health

It is an iron rule of journalism – probably the first lesson that a rookie reporter learns on joining a professional newsroom: never betray a confidential source. A core principle of the National Union of Journalists code of conduct states that a journalist “protects the identity of sources who supply…

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'

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Evening Standard

OPINION - These WhatsApp leaks: yet again more heat than light on lockdowns

To lock down, to not lock down, when, for how long, what tier and what level of financial support, masks at school, outside, or only on crowded undergrounds? This was where debate raged during the pandemic. In every home, on What’s App, over Zoom, between colleagues and family, doctors and…

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.

Daily Mirror

GMB's Kate Garraway clashes with Isabel Oakeshott over Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages

Kate Garraway clashed with Isabel Oakeshott on Good Morning Britain today, as the journalist explained her decision to leak Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How Isabel Oakeshott became the week’s main character

In today’s newsletter: The journalist who ghostwrote Matt Hancock’s pandemic memoir – then exposed over 100,000 texts he entrusted to her

Wales Online

Matt Hancock WhatsApp leaks: Ministers discussed need to ‘get heavy’ with police over Covid rules

Conversations between the former health secretary and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case have come to light

The Independent UK

Ministers wanted to ‘get heavy’ with police over Covid rules

Leaked messages from ex-health secretary Matt Hancock suggested Whitehall concern over enforcement of lockdown restrictions.

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock planned to 'celebrate' Piers Morgan's GMB exit during height of lockdown

Piers Morgan has claimed that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock had wanted to celebrate him being axed from Good Morning Britain during the pandemic

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