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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kevin Rawlinson

Isabel Oakeshott says Matt Hancock messages leak ‘in public interest’

Matt Hancock
Matt Hancock: ‘I am hugely disappointed … at the massive betrayal and breach of trust by Isabel Oakeshott.’ Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

The writer who handed more than 100,000 of the former health secretary Matt Hancock’s messages to a newspaper has defended her actions, saying she was acting in the national interest.

Isabel Oakeshott, who is at the centre of a row about the leak of Hancock’s correspondence to the Daily Telegraph, hit back after his criticism of her actions.

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