More than 100,000 leaked WhatsApp messages sent between Matt Hancock, ministers and aides have revealed his thinking from the height of lockdown eleanormia reports
March 1, 2023 10:04 am
But, in the leaked WhatsApp messages to his special adviser Allan Nixon, Mr Hancock said that he would “rather leave it out and just commit to test and isolate ALL going into care from hospital”. “These stolen messages have been doctored to create a false story that Matt rejected clinical advice on care home testing. This is flat wrong,” they said.Mr Hancock also reportedly messaged his former boss George Osborne, who was then the editor of theHe messaged Mr Osborne to “call in a favour”, the investigation claims, which was “obvs good news about spread of virus” but was “hard for my target” of reaching 100,000 tests a day.
Mr Nixon added: “Jacob’s spad [special adviser] is aware and has helped line it all up, but you might want to text Jacob.” A couriered test was reportedly organised for one of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s children during a testing shortage Visits to care home residents were heavily restricted from the start of the pandemic and many of the rules were not lifted until July 2021.
“I’m hearing there’s pressure to ban care home visiting in tier 2 as well as tier 3. Can you help? I really oppose that,” Ms Whately wrote.
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