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

Health secretary during pandemic returns to inquiry after saying tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if UK had locked down earlier

hancock claims goverment should have first locked down three weeks earlier, after his phone call with PM

Phillip Dean hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the 2001 killings of Robert Jett Jr and James Lynch

Trolled by the lead counsel’s tie, Door Matt resolved not to get rattled – easier said than done

Editorial: If the former health secretary wants to avoid being the fall guy for Britain’s pandemic failures, he should stop the constant overclaiming

The former health secretary has been answering questions about his department’s response to the pandemic

Former health secretary uses Covid inquiry appearance to deny he was dishonest and say there was a ‘malign actor’ in No 10

The ex-health secretary denies lying during the pandemic and criticises atmosphere in government.

Matt hancock attacked Dominic Cummings as a ‘malign actor’ in Downing Street who had fostered a ‘culture of fear’ across government

Matt hancock has rejected accusations that he lied during the pandemic as health secretary.  Under question at the Covid inquiry, it was put to the former health secretary that a series of senior government officials have made reference in their evi ...

Former health secretary said senior officials were more focused on attributing blame than working together as Covid arrived in UK

Matt hancock speaks about his time as health secretary at the Covid inquiry

The inquiry has heard how country’s most senior civil servant at the time wanted Mr hancock removed

Health secretary at start of pandemic to appear before Covid inquiry

The most consistent criticism of Mr hancock has been that he repeatedly lied or misled ministers and officials during the pandemic

Mr Johnson’s former top adviser Dominic Cummings used the inquiry to attack Mr hancock as a ‘proven liar’

The ex-minister’s evidence is expected to take up the whole of Thursday’s available time at the inquiry.

The veteran Tory told the official inquiry into the pandemic that ‘every decision was difficult and every course was bad’ at the time.

The veteran Tory told the official inquiry into the pandemic that ‘every decision was difficult and every course was bad’ at the time.