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Barney Davis

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.

In an exchange between Cabinet Secretary Simon Case and Matt Hancock, in February 2021, the then Health Secretary said they were “giving big families all the big suites and putting pop stars in the box rooms”.

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