Pressure builds on Boris Johnson to sack Matt Hancock over affair June 26, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to sack Matt Hancock after pictures emerged of the health secretary kissing an aide. Hancock has apologised for breaking social distancing rules after CCTV footage showed him in an embrace with Gina Coladangelo, reportedly taken in his Westminster offices on 6 May. The prime minister’s spokesperson yesterday [...]
Matt Hancock admits breaking social distancing rules with aide office kiss June 25, 2021 Matt Hancock has admitted to breaking social distancing rules after pictures emerged last night of him kissing his closest aide Gina Coladangelo. The health secretary said he was “very sorry” and that he had “let people down”, as both Labour and the Liberal Democrats urged the Prime Minister to sack him. But Hancock resisted calls [...]
‘Science superpower’: UK to pump £64m into post-pandemic clinical research June 23, 2021 The government has pledged a £64m injection into the UK’s clinical research system, off the back of Boris Johnson’s plans to make the country a “science superpower”. The investment will go towards the development and trial of new Covid-19 treatments and inoculations, to ensure a “front-footed approach in tackling the virus”, health secretary Matt Hancock [...]
NHS to receive £36m injection for AI tech in national health bounce back June 16, 2021 The NHS is set to receive a £36m injection to bolster its AI capabilities across 38 new projects designed to make diagnoses faster. While the NHS has been handling the Covid-19 pandemic, concerns over a diagnoses backlog have emerged, with people more hesitant to go to the GP or hospital for check-ups. The new [...]
Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings’ claim he lied to the Prime Minister over Covid-19 June 10, 2021 The health secretary has denied Dominic Cummings’ accusations that he lied to Boris Johnson during the pandemic, telling MPs that he followed the “clinical advice” at all times. Giving evidence to MPs at a joint inquiry by the Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees on the government’s coronavirus response, Matt Hancock insisted [...]
21 June reopening: Decision may be made before vaccine’s effect on Delta variant known June 8, 2021 Decision to reopen on 21 June may be made before data on Covid vaccine's effectiveness on Delta variant known
Hand it over: David Cameron ordered to show lobbying text messages April 21, 2021 Former prime minister David Cameron has been given two weeks to pass on the details of his text messages in which he attempted to lobby the chancellor on behalf of failed finance firm Greensill. In a letter to Cameron, the chairman of the Treasury select committee urged the former prime minister to release details of [...]
Hancock and sister received shares in firm that won lucrative NHS contract April 16, 2021 A company which Health Secretary Matt Hancock and his sister have shares in has won contracts from the NHS, it has emerged. NHS Wales gave the firm, which specialises in storage, shredding and scanning of documents, £300,000 of business this year. The ministerial codes states that ministers must declare interests of close family if they [...]
Hancock firm on NHS one per cent pay rise despite nurse and union pressure March 5, 2021 Matt Hancock rejects opposition to one per cent pay rise despite union hostility towards the decision
Matt Hancock urges ‘vigilance’ as decline in Covid infections starts to slow March 4, 2021 The health secretary has urged people to “remain vigilant” as the decline in coronavirus cases has slowed down across parts of the country and in some regions reversed, latest figures showed. Imperial College London’s latest React study found the prevalence of Covid across England slumped by two-thirds between 22 January and 13 February. However, the [...]