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22 Matt Hancock bombshells from shameless Covid diaries as tell-all book lands

Matt Hancock has dropped a number of bombshells in his shameless Covid diaries. The ' I'm a Celebrity ' star discusses a number of topics in his juicy novel including his social distance-busting affair, reports the Mirror.

After missing Parliament for nearly five weeks, the disgraced former Health Secretary is back to promote Pandemic Diaries, giving his account of what happened at the top of government during the pandemic. We have combed through the all 592 pages of Mr Hancock’s diaries and here are the best bits.

During May 2020 the government added a loss of taste/smell to an official list of Covid isolation symptoms. However, Hancock claims he knew of the symptom months before then.

On March 18, 2020, he writes: “Nadine [Dorries], as ever in the vanguard of the epidemic, says she’s lost her sense of smell and taste and everyone she’s infected has got the same thing.

“Strange: that’s not one of the official symptoms. I’ll ask the Prof to see if we need to add it to the list.”

Matt Hancock says he was “torn” over, now Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak ’s ‘Eat Out To Help Out' campaign. The proposal was meant to be drive business to eateries by giving diners a £10 discount.

However, despite being a roaring success on a business level, it was blamed for a spike in infections during July 2020. Hancock wrote: “I did my best to sound supportive and refrained from expressing disapproval at his photo op.

“…but in truth I’m worried that it might backfire and lead to a spike in cases.” Despite his worries over the scheme the day it was announced, he supported the campaign.

At the time, he tweeted: “Fantastic work from Rishi Sunak to support restaurants with the Eat Out To Help Out policy. Our plan for jobs will stimulate the economy and

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22 Matt Hancock bombshells from shameless Covid diaries as tell-all book lands

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Johnson to submit defence dossier to MPs investigating 'partygate'

Boris Johnson will submit a written dossier of evidence to MPs as he attempts to clear his name over allegations he misled the British parliament over the 'partygate' scandal.

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UK prime minister in doghouse after letting pet roam free in London park

LONDON - U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family were spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London’s Hyde Park, police said Tuesday.It comes after a video was shared on TikTok appearing to show the prime minister and his family allowing their Labrador, Nova, to roam freely in an area where rules say dogs must be kept on a leash.It was unclear when the video was filmed."We are aware of a video showing a dog being walked off the lead in Hyde Park," the Metropolitan Police force said in a statement.

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Johnson to appear before committee over 'partygate' next week

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will appear before a parliamentary committee next week that is investigating whether he misled lawmakers over Covid-19 lockdown-breaking events in Downing Street.

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New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want to halt the push

Wind turbines generate electricity at Burno Bank Off Shore Wind Farm on December 07, 2022 in Liverpool, England. UK Prime minister Rishi Sunak has reversed his position on new onshore wind farms as the government said it will consult on proposals to ((Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images))ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - New Jersey utility regulators are seeking additional offshore wind farm projects to generate electricity, even as opponents of wind power want to pause or halt the projects.The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a third solicitation of offshore wind projects Monday; three wind farms have already been approved for the waters off southern New Jersey."Today marks a pivotal next step toward accomplishment of our offshore wind development goals," said Gov.

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Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten the pants off’ public about Covid strain, leaked messages show

Matt Hancock told aides he wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” about the Kent variant of Covid to ensure compliance with lockdown rules, leaked messages have revealed. The latest set of WhatsApp exchanges show the then-health secretary and others discussing how to use an announcement about the variant to scare the public into changing their behaviour. The messages, among 100,000 passed to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott, show cabinet secretary Simon Case suggested in January 2021 that the “fear” factor would be “vital”.

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Hancock says disclosure of Covid messages a 'massive betrayal'

Former British health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is victim of a "massive betrayal and breach of trust" after the disclosure of WhatsApp messages revealing the inside working of government during the coronavirus crisis.

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Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to stand down as MP at next general election

Matt Hancock has announced he will stand down as an MP at the next general election.

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Ukraine a reason to act fast on climate change – Rishi Sunak

COLOMBO (News 1st) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says that the Ukraine and Russia wars have been a reason to act faster to tackle climate change.He told this during the UN climate summit COP27."Climate and energy security go hand-in-hand," he said in his first international appearance since taking office."Putin's abhorrent war in Ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change.

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DWP shares new plan to help Universal Credit and ESA claimants with disability or health condition into work

In May this year, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that there are now 4.8 million disabled people across the country in employment, an increase of 1.3 million since 2017, delivering on a UK Government goal to see one million more in work by 2027.

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If Sunak can become British PM, dual citizens should be allowed to enter P’ment – Sagara K

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasam emphasized that dual citizens should be allowed to enter the Parliament. Speaking at a press conference held at the party headquarters, Kariyawasam stressed this point taking into example the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.Pointing out that the concept of a global village is now prevalent in the world, the SLPP General Secretary said that instead, some parties are attempting to drag the country back into tribalism.He said that England, as a country where Protestant Christianity is used as the official religion, a Hindu of Indian origin was appointed as the Prime Minister, which speaks for the UK's acceptance towards those of a different origin, in contrast to that of Sri Lanka. "The question of whether we, as a country are moving towards tribalism, I think was best answered for those who brought amendments such as the 22nd Amendemnt, by England last week," he said.However, the question remains, wheter the example taken by Kariyawasam is comparable to the situation in Sri Lanka? The current British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was born on the 12th of May 1980 at the Southampton Hospital in Britain . Which means he was a British citizen by Birth.

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Queen Elizabeth to miss another event amid health, mobility concerns

health has surfaced once again, as the monarch has decided to withdraw from attending the Braemar Gathering in Scotland on Sept. 3.Buckingham Palace confirmed on Friday that the 96-year-old’s son Prince Charles will make an appearance in her absence and represent her at the Highland Games event.The choice to not allow the sovereign to travel was for “comfort” and mobility considerations, a source told The Mirror.The Queen also recently pulled out of visiting London to appoint the newest Prime Minister and to say goodbye to former PM Boris Johnson next week.Instead, Johnson, 58, will jet off to Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sept.

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Paul O’Grady gives health update as he blasts ‘these two planks’ Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak

Covid, discussed his health amid the ongoing battle for our next Prime Minister.The TV presenter, 67, was not afraid to share some scathing remarks about Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, who are the two candidates left in the running to become the next prime minister.O’Grady insinuated that, while his Covid symptoms were a pain, they were not as bad as his experience watching the latest debate between Truss and Sunak.Sharing a picture of the two politicians with his 696,000 Instagram followers, Paul didn't hold back.“I’m still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days,” he began.The star then went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate like many others across the county.“I’m watching these two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister,” he wrote“Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what?“Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.“To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.“What a carry on, I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing so I’m making do with a scornfully curled lip.“Once again, thanks for all your kind messages when I was away from home and feeling like I’d been dug up and belted with the shovel," the star ended his post.After a series of knock-out rounds, only Truss and Sunak remain in the running to be Prime Minister.The final five also included hopefuls like Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat.Plenty of other famous figures have given their opinion on the leadership race, including Jeremy Clarkson.“How can we have ended up having to choose a leader from a shortlist made up

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Paul O’Grady still feeling impact of Covid as he takes aim at ‘these two planks’ Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak: ‘I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing’

Conservative Party and our next Prime Minister, and he’s not afraid to share them.The TV presenter, who recently revealed he’d tested positive for Covid, appeared to suggest his symptoms weren’t as painful as his experience watching one of the recent debates between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.Sharing he was ‘still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days’ Paul went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate alongside millions of others around the country.Or, as he so eloquently put it, ‘two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister’.He wrote on Instagram on Tuesday: ‘Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what? Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.‘To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.

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Boris Johnson resigns as British prime minister

Boris Johnson has resigned as Britain’s prime minister, bringing an end to one of the rockiest tenures for a world leader in modern times after a series of scandals rocked his government’s confidence in him.

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UK reports back-to-back declines in GDP, first time since start of pandemic

Rishi Sunak, Britain's finance minister, said the country was not alone in feeling the effects of rising prices and the aftermath from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Countries around the world are seeing slowing growth, and the UK is not immune from these challenges," Sunak said in a statement. Sunak announced further household assistance in May.

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Dalbeattie woman who lost parents due to coronavirus describes Boris Johnson's lockdown apology "an absolute joke"

A grieving daughter who was unable to be with her parents during their finals days has slammed Boris Johnson’s apology for attending a lockdown party.

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Boris Johnson gives 'wholehearted apology' over 'partygate' fine, but insists he didn't know he was breaking Covid laws

Boris Johnson has issued a 'wholehearted apology' to MPs over his Partygate fine - but insisted he did not know he was breaking his own coronavirus rules. The Prime Minister repeated an apology in the House of Commons on Tuesday, after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle approved a vote on whether he lied to MPs with his earlier denials.

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Tory peer quits as justice minister over Covid breaches at No 10

A Conservative peer has quit as justice minister over the breaches of Covid rules in Downing Street It comes after Boris Johnson was fined on Tuesday for attending a lockdown party.

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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak 'must resign' over Covid party fines says Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown

A South Ayrshire MSP has called for the heads of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak - after they were hit with police fines.

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Boris Johnson's wife Carrie to be fined over covid lockdown parties in Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s wife will join her husband in being fined by the police over the partygate scandal.

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Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19 for second time in two years

Prince Charles has Covid-19 for the second time in two years and after a positive test.

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Allies rally round Johnson amid calls for him to resign

Boris Johnson's future is hanging in the balance as cabinet ministers pleaded with Tory MPs to wait for the findings of an official investigation into Downing Street parties before calling for him to quit.

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Andy Burnham calls for 'clarity before Christmas' on Covid measures

Andy Burnham has called for 'clarity before Christmas' from the government on any further Covid measures it plans to put in place over the coming weeks.

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UK Government covid cash for Scotland 'doubled to £440m' but Sturgeon demands action

The UK Government said it has doubled the amount of additional funding available to Scotland to tackle Covid to £440 million.

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Keir Starmer tests positive for covid as Ed Miliband steps for Prime Minister's Questions

Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow chancellor, will make the budget response for the Labour Party after Keir Starmer tested positive for covid.

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UK to unveil budget as government eyes recovery

Britain is set to announce its latest budget today, looking to fix the public finances after emergency Covid pandemic support sent debt rocketing.

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Boris Johnson urged to dump Covid travel rules by chancellor Rishi Sunak

Tory chancellor has challenged Boris Johnson to end quarantine rules for certain countries amid claims that the UK has tougher measures in place than other European countries, which is affecting jobs. Ahead of a meeting of UK Ministers on Thursday to discuss travel rules for August, the chancellor has said holidaymakers face uncertainty while stricter measures are also having an impact on the economy.

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Scotland's Covid contact tracing system explained - including length of self-isolation for close contacts

Covid have come into the spotlight once again. Tory Health Secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he had tested positive for the virus on Saturday, In a video, the UK Government minister said that he had received both vaccinations and was experiencing ‘mild’ symptoms.

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Boris Johnson performs spectacular U-turn on self-isolation after he is accused of 'destroying' covid rules

Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has quickly caved to public anger and agreed to self-isolate after having contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid who tested covid positive on the weekend.The Prime Minister faced growing public anger on Sunday morning after officials said Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak would avoid self-isolating like thousands of others because Downing Street is taking part in a pilot daily testing programme.After widespread criticism the Tory leader took just two hours and 42 minutes to perform a dramatic U-turn and announce that he would be self-isolating at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country retreat.A Downing Street spokesman said: “He was

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Boris Johnson dodges his own self-isolation rules as Sajid Javid test covid positive on eve of England's 'Freedom Day'

Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, rather than ‘pinged’ by the Covid-19 app, after the Health Secretary confirmed on Saturday that he contracted covid-19 despite being double-jabbed.

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UK PM Boris Johnson, FM Rishi Sunak exposed to Covid, confined to working from office

Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak will be limited to working from their offices and subject to daily Covid-19 testing after being identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for the virus.

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Boris Johnson 'pinged' by NHS as Covid close contact

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been contacted by NHS Test and Trace as a contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 but will not be self-isolating, Downing Street has said.

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Sajid Javid appointed as new Health Secretary replacing Matt Hancock

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G-7 leaders agree to make tech giants pay fair taxes

LONDON (AP) - The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries.G-7 finance ministers meeting in London also endorsed proposals to make the world's biggest companies - including U.S.-based tech giants - pay taxes in countries where they have lots of sales but no physical headquarters.Britain’s Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, the meeting's host, said the deal would "reform the global tax system to make it fit for the global digital age and crucially to make sure that it’s fair, so that the right companies pay the right tax in the right places."RELATED: American Rescue Plan could

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DWP benefit claimants could get £1,040 back payments in legal case over Covid weekly uplift

benefit claimants could be due £1,040 in back payments if the UK Government loses a legal case over whether it was fair to exclude disabled people from extra Covid support. The High Court has granted two people claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) the right to challenge a decision not to increase their payments in line with the top-up given to Universal Credit.

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Millions on benefits could get £1,040 back pay as DWP faces High Court over Covid boost

More than two million benefit claimants could get £1,040 in back pay if the government loses a legal battle over whether it was fair to exclude disabled people from extra Covid support.

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Covid £500 tax credit payments - what to do if your money hasn’t arrived

One-off payments of £500 have been dropping into the bank accounts of those who claim working tax credits this week.

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DWP issues update for people claiming benefits before coronavirus pandemic began last year

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued updated guidance for people who were receiving benefits before the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020.The start of the new financial year on April 6, 2021 brought with it changes to benefit payments delivered by the DWP and HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ).These changes included an increase of 0.5 per cent on benefits such as Universal Credit, State Pension, Personal Independence Payment and Child Benefit.Chancellor Rishi Sunak also announced during the UK Government's Spring Budget in March, that the £20 weekly uplift to Universal Credit would remain in place until the end of September, 2021 and working households receiving Tax Credits would receive a one-off payment of £500 before

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as Scots primary school pupils return to class

school on February 22.Senior secondary school pupils required to attend for practical work for qualifications were able to return from the same date.Now, all high school students will be able head back to the classroom part-time, as part of a blended learning model meaning they will continue to do some learning at home until after the Easter break.Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the plans in a speech to MSPs on March 2 and has repeatedly stressed that having pupils return to school is her lockdown easing priority.Scotland will play an important part in the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19, the Chancellor has insisted.Rishi Sunak said he had plans to “rebuild the economy of Scotland and the whole of the UK” as the country seeks to “recover

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UK economy to regain pre-pandemic size earlier than forecast - Sunak

The UK economy is expected to regain its pre-pandemic size in the middle of next year, six months earlier than previously forecast, finance minister Rishi Sunak said today in his annual budget speech.

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UK Treasury boss to extend job support, tax breaks in budget

LONDON – Britain’s treasury chief is expected to extend job support programs and temporary tax cuts to help workers and businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic when he delivers his budget to Parliament on Wednesday.

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Brits would get £150-a-head vouchers to spend in shops under Covid recovery idea

Every adult would be given a £150 voucher to spend in shops under a think tank's idea to boost the high street when lockdown ends.

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Keir Starmer to draw Budget battle lines with Tories over coronavirus recovery

Keir Starmer will vow to rebuild Britain through “opportunity, prosperity and security” in a major pre-Budget speech tomorrow.

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Tony Blair's son urges unemployed to become apprentices in coronavirus pandemic

Tony Blair's entrepreneur son Euan urged workers made jobless in the coronavirus pandemic to consider apprenticeships to revive their careers today

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Amazon could face double tax raid after bumper Covid-19 sales boom

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering tax increases for tech firms and online retailers such as Amazon that have raked in business during the pandemic, according to reports.

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Unemployment rate in UK hits 5.0% due to Covid-19 induced slowdown

unemployment rate hit 5.0 percent at the end of 2020, the highest level for more than four-and-a-half years, as coronavirus lockdowns destroyed jobs, official data showed Tuesday.The rate for the three months to the end of November compares with 4.9 percent in the quarter to October, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.Also Read | The Indian-Americans driving Biden’s agendaAt 5.0 percent, the figure is 1.2 percentage points above the same period a year earlier, to reach the highest level since April 2016, the ONS added."This crisis has gone on far longer than any of us hoped -- and every job lost as a result is a tragedy," finance minister Rishi Sunak said.Analysts expect unemployment to surge further when the UK

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Universal Credit £20 weekly boost 'to be extended while Covid rules are still in place'

The £20 Universal Credit boost, brought in to help struggling families in the wake of crippling coronavirus restrictions, will reportedly stay while Covid rules are in place.

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