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The Health Secretary will hold a televised coronavirus briefing at 5pm as ministers look to defend themselves from claims made by the former No10 adviser. Giving evidence to MPs yesterday Mr Cummings launched a seven hour assault on the Government, criticising the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Hancock came in for the heaviest battering as the former Vote Leave chief said the Health Secretary “should’ve been fired for at least 15, 20 things, including lying to everybody on multiple occasions in meeting after meeting in the Cabinet room and publicly”.
Ministers are now scrambling to deny the allegations levelled by the ex-Downing Street employee, with the Health Secretary forced to answer questions from MPs on his handling of the pandemic at 10.30 this morning.
At 5pm tonight the minister will then defend his actions as he takes questions from the public and from journalists.
He will also outline the current situation with the Indian variant of the virus and the vaccine rollout.
All over-30s are now eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, with more than 38 million Brits having received a first dose so far.
Meanwhile, cases of Covid have crept up in the past week, with the seven day average rising by 18 percent. Hospitalisations have also slowly begun to rise as the India strain spreads across the UK.
More to follow…
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