Ministers joked about ‘locking up’ travellers to UK during Covid pandemic Minsters exchanged messages about those who were required to stay in allotted quarantine hotels Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023
'Burning shame as Brits from all sections of society were left in Covid's crosshairs' All Covid support has gone, but there are still shielders – disabled people who know their underlying conditions put them at too great a risk from Covid to venture out and reclaim a fully lived life now Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023
Voters demand immediate public inquiry into handling of Covid pandemic A poll for GB News reveals support for speeding-up the probe chaired by Baroness Hallett, following disclosures in the "Lockdown Files" - a leaked cache of Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023
Matt Hancock blasts 'massive betrayal' from Isabel Oakeshott as further leaked WhatsApp messages emerge The former Health Secretary is faced with a political storm after a litany of his pandemic-era WhatsApp conversations were published Chronicle Live · Mar 2, 2023
Matt Hancock wanted to ‘get heavy with police’ to enforce lockdown, say leaked messages ‘Plod got their marching orders’, said then-health secretary after meeting with Boris Johnson and officers The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Teachers rage at 'disgusting' Tory WhatsApp messages saying they 'really do hate work' Teachers and unions have hit back after leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023
Covid inquiry: what stage is it at and what will it look at? Public inquiry seeks to ‘learn lessons’ following devastating pandemic The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp messages leaked This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023
Why Matt Hancock is (almost) to be pitied Brief letters: WhatsApp messages | Marx & Spenser | Listen to a subtitler | Northern lights | Suite Caroline The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Isabel Oakeshott says she fell out with Hancock over I’m a Celebrity trip Journalist says ex-minister ‘vanished’ at key moment for book, as she faces questions over leak to Telegraph The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Boris breaks silence to deliver lacklustre critique of Rishi’s deal All that seems to be left now for former PM is to repeat his lies and keep trousering the cheques The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Who is Isabel Oakeshott? The journalist involved in leaking Matt Hancock's WhatsApps The leaking of Matt Hancock's private WhatsApp messages has dominated the news amid revelations about how the former minister handled the pandemic. The National (Scotland) · Mar 2, 2023
Oakeshott v Hancock: 10 things to know about #thelockdownfiles — from her record of betrayal to the broken NDA She ghostwrote the former health secretary’s memoir — so why would political journalist Isabel Oakeshott leak 100,000 of his WhatsApps to the press? Katie Strick has everything you need to know about the most salacious political storm of 2023 Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023
Was Isabel Oakeshott wrong to leak Matt Hancock’s WhatsApps? Time will tell Can you ever trust a journalist? The question is whether the material justified the leak, says the media consultant David Banks The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Bristol Post · Mar 2, 2023 Striking teachers’ union slams leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages at Bristol rally Executive union member says they were a 'horrendous slap in the face'
Wales Online · Mar 2, 2023 Care home worker 'livid and disgusted' at Matt Hancock's leaked messages "It was horrendous, all hell broke lose in the care homes. I felt forgotten and unappreciated"
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023 Isabel Oakeshott says Matt Hancock messages leak ‘in public interest’ Writer who handed more than 100,000 of ex-health secretary’s messages to newspaper defends her actions
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023 UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023 Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what he said v Covid context As revelations from 100,000 messages emerge, here’s a reminder of the pandemic reality at the time
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023 Isabel Oakeshott says Hancock leaks ‘in public interest’ despite criticism The journalist said she makes ‘no apology whatsoever for acting in the national interest’ over her disclosure of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages.
The National (Scotland) · Mar 2, 2023 Matt Hancock says he's the victim of a 'breach of trust' after leaked messages MATT Hancock has said that he is the victim of a “massive betrayal and breach of trust” following the disclosure of messages revealed the inside…
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023 David Cameron talks about trouser trouble nightmares in surprise lecture to students The former prime minister made a rare public appearance at City University
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023 Matt Hancock ‘sent menacing message’ over leaked texts as row grows You’ve made ‘a big mistake’ says former Health Secretary as he hits out at reporter’s ‘breach of trust and betrayal’
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023 Three-quarters of London schools hit as teachers strike again London schools are among the worst affected by walkout with more strikes dates on the way
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023 Key revelations from leak of Hancock WhatsApps The messages shed light on government decision-making around Covid testing, school closures and care homes.