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Simon Case: how the ‘killjoy’ cabinet secretary threw his ex-boss Boris Johnson under the bus

The UK’s most senior civil servant, 44, has denied that anyone gave Johnson reassurances that the Covid rules were followed during Partygate — so what does this mean for his career? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

The lesson from Matt Hancock’s WhatsApps is this: these clowns can’t govern, their only skill is covering tracks

Rightwing editorial agendas shaped the narrative of the Lockdown Files, but what they really showed was bunglers bungling in secret, writes the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

‘Keir Starmer just ordered an alpaca airstrike!’ The game that holds up a dystopian mirror to the UK

Dan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation – with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs

The Guardian - UK

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Politicos set their WhatsApp messages to delete after Matt Hancock leak

The Londoner notices that more than one politician has their messages on a default timer

Evening Standard

Cabinet secretary Simon Case ‘considers quitting’ as more embarrassing WhatsApps expected

‘He’ll have to go’: Some of top No 10 official’s Covid-era messages said to be ‘extraordinary’

The Independent UK

The Mancunian Way: 'Arm twisting and leverage'

Matt Hancock's Bury 'dangle' PLUS M15 apologies AND inside the NHS

Manchester Evening News

Dis Life: 'Glib Hancock shows the contempt for Disabled people from Government down'

This week’s shocker (not actually a shocker) for Disabled people was news of a jolly little chat between then Health Secretary Matt Hancock and aide Allan Nixon

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PM gives Cabinet Secretary his backing after Covid WhatsApp messages revealed

Simon Case is reportedly considering whether to resign before the next election following the publication of his interactions with Matt Hancock.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer would drop cabinet secretary Simon Case – Labour sources

Labour leader seen as likely to appoint new head of civil service on becoming PM after Partygate and leaked WhatsApps

The Guardian - UK

'Despicable' Matt Hancock blasted over WhatsApp plot to block disability cash from MP

Leaked WhatsApp show the ex-Health Secretary and a top aide spoke about warning Bury North MP James Daly a new disability hub would be 'off the table' if he rebelled over Covid rules

Daily Mirror

Hancock messages show government ‘drunk on power’, MPs say

WhatsApp leak shows then health secretary agreeing with idea of threatening to withhold funds for local projects

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock ‘despicable’ for discussing withholding disability centre funds from MP

MATT Hancock has been accused of “despicable” behaviour after leaked messages suggested he discussed withholding funding for a learning…

The National (Scotland)

Hancock ‘despicable’ for discussing withholding disability centre funds from MP

Matt Hancock and an aide considered using funding for the centre as leverage to persuade a Tory MP to back lockdown rules, leaked messages suggest.

The Independent UK

Hancock discussed blocking disability hub if MP opposed lockdown, messages reveal

Ex-health secretary branded ‘absolute disgrace’ as latest leak suggests he backed putting pressure on Bury North MP

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Matt Hancock 'discussed withholding learning disability hub if Bury MP opposed lockdown', leaked messages suggest

"James wants his Learning Disability Hub in Bury – whips call him up and say Health team want to work with him to deliver this but that’ll be off the table if he rebels”

Evening Standard

Senior Tory MP accuses Matt Hancock of ‘weaponising disabled children’s care’

The allegation emerged in the leaked trove of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘discussed withholding learning disability hub if MP opposed lockdown’

The allegation emerged in the leaked trove of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages.

The Guardian - UK

Simon Case’s WhatsApps with Hancock unprofessional, say ex-civil servants

Whitehall chief called travellers being confined to Covid hotels ‘hilarious’, according to leak of chats with former health secretary

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The Independent UK

Leaked WhatsApps reveal government struggle over Covid ‘sex ban’ advice

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown, according to leaked messages

The Guardian - UK

For once, Matt Hancock speaks for us all

Brief letters: WhatsApp betrayal | Johnson ploughs on | Marks and Engel | Another use for turnips | What’s in a name

Evening Standard

Sir Chris Whitty called for ‘realism’ around Covid sex ban, leaked Whatsapps show

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown

The Independent UK

Matthew Hancock’s half-hour in the travel limelight is over

The former Health Secretary has been disinvited from a top travel conference after WhatsApp leaks

The Independent UK

Whitty called for ‘realism’ around Covid advice which kept couples apart

The chief medical officer suggested couples were not likely to remain apart during the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown, according to leaked messages.

The Guardian - UK

A (partial) defence of Matt Hancock: leaders must be free to discuss policy in private

His WhatsApp messages look embarrassing and chaotic, but such leaks could do genuine harm to political debate, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock’s Covid ‘scare the pants off’ text was very silly phrase, says minister

George Freeman’s comments on Monday came after the latest leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages

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