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Matt Hancock appears to have taken down a photo a pub run by a former neighbour involved in a Covid-19 contracts row down from his wall.

direct to your inboxPiers Morgan and Matt Hancock clashed again on Good Morning Britain as the health secretary refuses to apologise for acting unlawfully.Mr Hancock said he "won't apologise" after a high court ruling found him guilty of unlawful conduct by failing to publish Covid-19 contracts within the legal time frame.Piers was quick to ask him why he wouldn't issue an apology to which Mr Hancock said: "I won’t apologise, to apologise would imply I’d do something differently."Given the choices we were faced with in April and May, when there were very, very serious problems with access to PPE and some people were going without and the team were working so hard, to have taken some of the team off of that lifesaving work in order to

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock has outlined when people may be able to hug their friends and family.

Around a third of all social care staff have not had a first dose of the Covid vaccine, Matt Hancock admitted today despite the UK hitting its target.

Matt Hancock has said he hopes Covid can be a "treatable disease" like flu by the end of the year.

Radio Times: "I was immensely fortunate. I only had it on my left side, and I’ve got a funny left hand."Everybody thinks I’ve got arthritis.

Brits are relying on the thought of holidays to get them through lockdown, with a third planning to take more trips than ever when restrictions are lifted in full to make up for lost time.

direct to your inboxGood Morning Britain’s Dr Hilary Jones has issued a warning to anyone hoping to have a summer break away this year.On the ITV show this morning, he was questioned about the prospect of staycations or even going abroad as people look forward to a loosening of coronavirus restrictions.It came as Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged people to be “patient” over the prospect of getting away.The minister said in an interview that the government is “doing everything that we possibly can to make sure that people can have a holiday this summer - but the vaccine rollout is absolutely essential to that.”Dr Hilary told hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shepherd that it was ‘far too early’ to even consider booking holidays abroad.Many will

Holidays could be off the cards this year at home or abroad, the Transport Secretary has suggested.

Passengers arriving in the UK will be charged £1,750 to stay in quarantine hotels for 10 days under strict new border rules.

The Home Office has rowed back after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said asylum seekers from Covid-19 'red line' countries would be sent back.

Asylum seekers arriving from any of the UK's Covid-19 'red list' countries will be sent back, Matt Hancock said today.

Hotel quarantine for UK arrivals will cost up to £1,750 a head and lawbreakers can be jailed for up to 10 YEARS, Matt Hancock announced today.

coronavirus tests while in quarantine in an attempt to prevent mutant variants entering the country.Arrivals are expected to be required to get a test on days two and eight of their 10-day quarantine period.This is in addition to the current rules which say travellers arriving in the UK must show proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken in the 72 hours before travelling to be allowed entry and must self-isolate for 10 days.Anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500, with Border Force officials carrying out spot checks.An “enhanced” testing regime for all arrivals in the fight against new variants of Covid-19 is expected to be confirmed by UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock later on Tuesday.Under the change it is expected people

All over-70s in England are being urged to contact the NHS from today if they have not yet had their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

outline its plans for easing lockdown later this month. Schools will be the first to reopen from March 8 at the earliest if the data allows, ministers have said.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock's drive to administer millions of coronavirus vaccine doses was partly inspired by a Hollywood movie, he has admitted.

Contagion persuaded him to secure enough coronavirus vaccines early on for the UK population.The health secretary pressed that while the 2011 pandemic film “wasn’t my only source of advice”, it inspired him to ensure that his nation was protected before helping elsewhere should effective vaccines be developed and approved.He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain today (February 3): “I think the safest thing to say is (the film) wasn’t my only source of advice on this issue but I did watch the film – it is actually based on the advice of very serious epidemiologists.“The insight that was so necessary at the start was that the big pressure on vaccines internationally would not be before they were approved – of course, there was a huge amount of

direct to your inbox Matt Hancock used the latest Downing Street press conference to "put to bed" a myth circulating about the coronavirus vaccine.

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock has revealed the eight postcode areas where the new South African variant of coronavirus has been found.The Health Secretary told a Downing Street briefing this afternoon that door to door testing would be conducted in areas where the new strain of coronavirus has been identified.He urged residents to stay home and get a test, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not, if they live in an area where the new variant has been found.A total of 105 cases of the South African variant have now been identified in the UK, Mr Hancock told the briefing.Eleven of the cases have no apparent links to international travel, he added."There's currently no evidence to suggest this variant is anymore severe but we need

Families face waiting at least a month before care home visits are relaxed, Downing Street has suggested, despite almost all residents getting the Covid vaccine.