Matt Hancock said the government would need to 'get heavy' with police to enforce Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to the latest leaked messages published in The Daily Telegraph.
Today the paper has highlighted an exchange between the then health secretary and cabinet secretary Simon Case in August 2020 where Mr Case asked the question: "Who actually is delivering enforcement?" Referring to the various lockdown measures the public were under at the time.
Hancock replies saying: "I think we are going to have to get heavy with the police." Mr Case then points out that they are due to have a meeting with other ministers and the 'cops'.
