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Health Secretary Matt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference at 5pm today.

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Prices for flights from India to the UK have gone through the roof as families rush to avoid a new hotel quarantine that comes in on Friday.

coronavirus Hancock turned the tables on SNP MP Dave Doogan who asked the Health Secretary if he would match the SNP’s commitment to increase health spending by 20 per cent “to truly build back better”? First Minister Nicola Sturgeon committed the SNP to a four per cent increase in NHS spending for each of the next five years if returned to office.

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READ MORE: Kate Garraway: David Beckham and Matt Hancock offer their supportHe also co-starred in the 1978 NBC miniseries Little Women. On the big screen, he appeared in Airplane II: The Sequel, Happy Hour, The White Buffalo and Arnold Schwarzenegger first major pic Stay Hungry.

Kate Garraway: David Beckham and Matt Hancock offer their supportShe added: “I was so nervous! But it was perfect for the comedy of the story.“It still gives me sweats now,” Steph went on to admit.The presenter appeared in an episode titled The Moth Affair back in 2015.Bob and Vic’s sitcom, which first aired in January 2014, ran for two series on the BBC.Ahead of recording for the show, Steph told fans she was nervous about her cameo.The mother-of-one shared a picture of herself holding onto the script as she sat in the green room waiting to film.She wrote at the time: “In the House of Fools green room with @porksmith and @siralexlowe - we're about to record.

Matt Hancock, 42, joined Chris Evans, 54, on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show this morning to discuss the current coronavirus restrictions and the vaccine roll-out.The pair began by discussing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, receiving his jab on the same day the DJ did last Friday.He went on to tell listeners that the Government is “focused” on “getting the country safely out of this”.Chris went on to acknowledge the record-breaking news that 844,000 people were vaccinated in one day last week.Following this news he asked if vaccinating a million people in a day was possible.“I’m sure that the NHS could deliver over a million in a day if they needed to,” Matt confidently replied.

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Twitter users divided, after she hit out at the Government’s frequent usage of the Union Jack in their recent media coverage.The Location, Location, Location host showed her fans an example, as she retweeted a post by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has used the flag in celebration of over half of UK adults now being vaccinated.In the post shared by Mr Hancock he had typed: “HALF of all adults in the UK have been vaccinated.“Each jab brings us one step closer to normal, so when it's your turn, get the jab.”Under his commentary, Mr Hancock had shared a graphic containing the British flag with text overlaying it to reinforce the message.Kirstie appeared to disapprove of the flag being used in the tweet, as she responded: “OK you’re right,

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Matt Hancock’s handling of the pandemic.Posting in front of her 423,000 followers, Kirstie shared her thoughts on a story on BBC Radio 4 today.She wrote: “WHY are we still having to listen to stories of elderly people and their families being TORTURED by separation? @BBCr4today This is unforgivable @MattHancock.”However, her comments rubbed some of her followers up the wrong way, leading Kirstie to get embroiled in several Twitter spats.One wrote: “Because we’re in lockdown and the rules apply to everyone.”The presenter replied: “No they don’t! Care home visits are allowed, and it should be the the (sic) case for every care home and not a postcode lottery.”Another added: “Erm it’s called a pandemic and they are still vulnerable....”In

faces criticism for a proposed one per cent pay rise for NHS workers.

Glasgow lighthouse lab, the UK Health Secretary said was confident travel restrictions would be lifted in time for the summer staycations across the UK.Hancock said: “I’m now more optimistic about having a great British summer than I have been at any time, thanks to the speed and the effectiveness of the vaccine rollout.”“By great British summer I absolutely mean people being able to enjoy travel across the whole of the UK.

Piers Morgan and Edwina Currie got into a very heated debate about Matt Hancock on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain.