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But the former prime minister will say lockdowns saved ‘tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives’, according to The Times

Ex-PM also reportedly to argue at inquiry next week that his actions saved many thousands of lives

Hancock accused Manchester mayor Andy Burnham of putting 'politics ahead of public health' in the Covid pandemic

Watch again as former health secretary Matt Hancock gives evidence at Britain’s Covid inquiry on Friday 2 December.

The dereliction of Boris Johnson and his allies is daily being laid bare, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Hancock appears before inquiry again after conceding government should have locked down earlier and denying claims that he is a liar

Liam Conlon is selected for the new Beckenham and Penge constituency in the south-east of the capital

A back-pedalling Matt Hancock came unstuck (again), the ‘two gentlemen of corona’, Vallance and Whitty, were candid, clear and balanced – but overall the hearings will play badly for the Conservative Party, says Sean O’Grady, as he looks ahead to next week’s appearance by Boris Johnson

Prime minister says he will ‘do what is necessary’ to bring down net migration, under pressure from the Conservative right