The Health Secretary was accused by Dominic Cummings of lying to the prime minister over coronavirus plans and being ‘disastrously incompetent’.

Locking down earlier would have gone against scientific advice, Hancock says

The Delta variant now represents 91% of new cases in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs. 

Delta variant now accounts for 91% of Covid cases in UK, Matt Hancock confirms

The Health Secretary said he could not rule out recommendations on home working and mask wearing continuing in the long term.

Government ‘absolutely open’ to delaying June 21 unlocking

It comes as the health secretary said the majority of people going into hospital right now are unvaccinated.

Those aged under 30 to be invited to book their coronavirus vaccine

Speaking at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, Matt Hancock called the vaccine the 'greatest gift that this nation could give the world during this pandemic'.

Half a billion doses of Oxford/AZ vaccine released for supply globally

Stroke survivor Stephen Hayes, 51, celebrates his birthday with a window visit from former work colleagues at Gracewell of Sutton care home in South London. Opening up care homes forms part of the first step of the Government's road map out of lockdown which sets out how restrictions could be eased over the coming months. Picture date: Monday March 8, 2021.

Matt Hancock claims it was impossible to test all hospital patients sent to care homes in early 2020. How credible is that claim?

Was there really no capacity to test all patients sent to care homes?

Cummings says Hancock made an unconditional promise not to send potentially infected patients into care homes.

PM’s office summoned Hancock last May to explain care homes 'negligence'

The former aide to the Prime Minister said the Health Secretary should have been sacked for his ‘disastrous’ performance during the pandemic.

Covid: Matt Hancock defends actions on care home testing

Dominic Cummings was Boris Johnson's most senior adviser but the relationship has reportedly turned sour since the former aide dramatically left Downing Street last year.

The charge that the PM made a very costly mistake in not pre-emptively restricting our liberties last autumn, won’t go away, writes Robert Peston.

Johnson will struggle to escape Cummings’s long shadow

Dominic Cummings attacked many senior figures in government for their handling of the pandemic - but Matt Hancock was the main focus of his disdain.

Cummings: Hancock should have been sacked 15-20 times for handling of pandemic

Seven new areas have been marked for surge testing and faster vaccination as the government tries to curb the spread of a Covid variant first found in India.

Where will surge testing be launched to curb Indian Covid variant? 

Responding to ITV News' investigation, Matt Hancock vowed to put housing at the heart of the government’s post-pandemic response.

The man with breathing difficulties left to live in squalid housing

Matt Hancock said of the 18 people in hospital with Covid in Bolton, the majority had been offered the vaccine but had not come forward to receive it. 

Get a jab, urges Hancock, after Indian variant cases grow by 1,000

Mr Hancock told watching media at the Science Museum in London that it "didn't hurt a bit, just like the Queen said - barely a scratch".

'Didn't hurt a bit - thanks JVT!': Hancock gets AstraZeneca jab

The health secretary will give an update on the coronavirus pandemic in his press conference but he's also likely to face questions on claims of 'Tory sleaze'.

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