The Latest Breaking News from Isabel Oakeshott

Messages highlighted by The Telegraph suggest the then health secretary wanted ‘rearguard action’ against the then education secretary.

Bereaved relatives have told of their fury after Matt Hancock's bombshell texts on testing were leaked. Matt Forest, whose mum died of Covid, said the former Health Secretary 'betrayed' his mother

Political legacies at stake as Tory big-hitters give their version of pandemic response

Isabel Oakeshott leaked messages, which suggested the ex Health Secretary was told in April 2020 there should be "testing of all going into care homes"

Former education secretary said to have made comments in leaked WhatsApp exchanges to Matt Hancock, then health secretary

Rish! drags himself to dispatch box but no sign of that other man of the moment, Matt Hancock

Before we begin, I ought to declare an interest: I have for many years defended Matt Hancock. As health secretary, he made significant errors in his handling of the pandemic, not least the way in which Covid was allowed to spread into residential care homes in the spring of 2020.…

Sunak urges people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’ and to let the inquiry ‘get on with the job’

Helen Whately defends ex-colleague while answering urgent question in Commons after leak of messages