Labour MP Richard Burgon said: “Matt Hancock should resign at once and if he doesn’t he should be sacked. But the policy was not put in place until the Prime Minister returned from his own Covid hospital battle in mid-April. Mr Johnson reportedly asked Mr Hancock: “What the hell happened?” over testing. During the first wave, Mr Hancock repeatedly claimed he threw a “protective ring” around care homes. “The only ring around care homes was to protect us from seeing the horror of what was going on.

Source: Daily Mirror May 29, 2021 21:50 UTC