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In full: Matt Hancock responds to Dominic Cummings' claims in Commons

Telegraph, 27 May 2021
Matt Hancock will come out all guns blazing this morning, after Dominic Cummings made a string of accusations about him yesterday.

Keep up with the latest here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/27/dominic-cummings-boris-johnson-news-covid-lockdown-variant-hancock/

During a seven-hour mammoth evidence session before MPs, the former No 10 aide claimed the Health Secretary lied repeatedly, made "criminal" decisions and that "he should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things".

Boris Johnson gave the Cabinet minister his full backing yesterday and one former minister suggested he now had "the safest role in Government", adding: "Boris won't sack him now... he won't admit that Cummings is right".

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