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Morning Mail: greenwashing crackdown, Lisa Wilkinson defence revealed, Australia rout India

The ACCC has uncovered a spike in dubious claims about environment-friendly and sustainable products; journalist sets out how she will defend defamation case

The Guardian - AU

Daughters who lost loved ones to Covid slam Matt Hancock after claims he allegedly rejected test advice

The former Health Secretary has been accused of rejecting advice to give Covid tests to all residents going into care homes during the height of the pandemic

Chronicle Live

Gavin Williamson said teaching unions ‘just hate work’ during Covid pandemic

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

The Guardian - UK

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War of words erupts over Covid Whatsapp messages

An extraordinary war of words has erupted over events at the centre of government during the Covid pandemic after more than 100,000 of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages were leaked.

The Independent UK

Face masks were introduced in schools because Boris Johnson was told it was 'not worth an argument' with Nicola Sturgeon

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told Johnson that there were “no strong reason against in corridors etc, and no very strong reasons for" introducing the masks.

Daily Record

The Guardian view on Matt Hancock: a sorry tale without contrition

Editorial: Selective leaks for partisan ends do not tell the whole story, but enough is already known to condemn the former health secretary

The Guardian - UK

Spent Sunak and scattergun Starmer off their game in autopilot PMQs

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

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Matt Hancock accused of rejecting care home testing advice

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.…

Evening Standard

Labour demands Covid inquiry report ‘by end of year’ after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

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

Evening Standard

Minister rejects claim Matt Hancock ignored advice on Covid testing

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

The Guardian - UK

Jane Moore clashes with Coleen Nolan as she defends Matt Hancock over Covid WhatsApp leak

Jane Moore hit out at Coleen Nolan and the rest of the Loose Women panel as she argued the leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages were in the "public interest"

Daily Mirror

Failure to step up Covid testing capacity in England left care homes exposed

While tests existed, scientists could not track size of outbreak, leaving vulnerable people unprotected

The Guardian - UK

Isabel Oakeshott: the journalist who turned over Matt Hancock

Ex-minister’s judgment questioned for trusting journalist who has long made clear her disdain for his lockdown policies

The Guardian - UK

Whatever the merits of the Hancock leaks, this much is clear: Britain needs to speed up its Covid inquiry

Did decisions made by the former health secretary lead to more care home deaths? We should already know, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Isabel Oakeshott: the political journalist who turned on Matt Hancock

The 48-year-old has long held conflicted feelings towards Hancock. Here’s how she went from helping him with his book to airing his dirty laundry

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry chair rejects journalist’s fear of ‘colossal whitewash’

Heather Hallett hits back at scepticism that Isabel Oakeshott says led her to share Matt Hancock messages

The Guardian - UK

What do Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages show? Not what the Telegraph wants us to see

The messages confirm what public health advisers knew: that during the Covid-19 pandemic ministers weren’t ‘following the science’ at all, says Prof Devi Sridhar

Daily Mirror

7 bombshell claims from Matt Hancock's leaked WhatsApp messages during Covid

A tranche of messages from the former Health Secretary and officials have been made public after he shared them with journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped him write his pandemic memoir

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The Independent UK

‘End ghoulish spectacle’: Keir Starmer attacks Matt Hancock over leaked Covid messages

Labour leader demands Covid Inquiry reports by end of 2023

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer blasts 'ghoulish spectacle' of Tories portraying themselves as Covid heroes

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: An independent, public inquiry into Covid-19 is as urgent as ever

The wave of Covid that spread through care homes in the early stages of the pandemic was devastating. Anyone who lost a loved one during that time has a right to know whether their death could have been avoided.

The Independent UK

Sunak backs official Covid inquiry after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

The Prime Minister urged people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’.

Chronicle Live

Matt Hancock fighting claims that he rejected Covid advice from Chris Whitty after WhatsApp messages leak

More than 100,000 WhatsApp messages have been leaked, giving an insight into the way the Government operated at the height of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Isabel Oakeshott and NDAs at centre of Hancock care home testing row

The TalkTV presenter is no stranger to high-profile political rows.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock: What are the claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?

Ex-health secretary battling over claims from 100,000 WhatsApp messages

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