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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 ...

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

The former PM will answer questions about his decision-making including the claim he was ‘obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life’

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’

Professor Dame Jenny Harries, who was deputy chief medical officer, also gave evidence - with messages showing her saying COVID patients would need to be discharged into care homes to stop the NHS getting overrun.

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

inquiry hears extracts from Patrick Vallance’s diary as ex-minister Sajid Javid gives evidence to inquiry

Veteran minister Sajid Javid said he had ‘not experienced that extent of dysfunction in any government before’ as Cummings – not Boris Johnson – made key decisions

The suggestion appeared in pandemic diaries shared with the Covid inquiry by former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

More extracts from Professor Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been shown at the inquiry.

Former chancellor Sajid Javid has described a ‘dysfunctional’ and ‘toxic’ culture in Number 10 as the pandemic began to take hold.

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Professor Dame Jenny Harries, England’s deputy chief medical officer, has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.