will form their own opinions now, not necessarily saying, my goodness, we should be less emotional and just wait for an we should be less emotional and just wait foran inquiry we should be less emotional and just wait for an inquiry to take its course. this is something i m not surprise has been raised today in the house of commons. has surprise has been raised today in the house of commons.- surprise has been raised today in the house of commons. as ian said, it is isabel the house of commons. as ian said, it is isabel oakeshott. the house of commons. as ian said, it is isabel oakeshott. this - it is isabel oakeshott. this material didn t come from any leak from the inquiry, they have respected the confidence, isabel oakeshott has said she provided the conduit for this information becoming public. she worked with matt hancock on his diaries. the director of the fbi, christopher wray, has said it believes covid probably originated in a chinese government controlled
comments on. information she is basing her comments on. . ., ., ., comments on. the allegation from the daily telegraph comments on. the allegation from the daily telegraph is comments on. the allegation from the daily telegraph is in comments on. the allegation from the daily telegraph is in effect comments on. the allegation from the daily telegraph is in effect matt - daily telegraph is in effect matt hancock was ignoring the clinical and scientific advice to have widespread testing. in fact, she was saying the capacity problem at that stage. there was another allegation that matt hancock are setting this figure of 100,000 tests a day, that it perhaps got in the way of other priorities and the testing numbers were based on the number of tests dispatched, not processed or even carried out. again, his spokesperson was emphasising it should be the public inquiry that weighs all the sub, rather than a newspaper or the party political exchange we saw in the house of commons. the
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. iam i am with you until 5pm. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent, ben wright, reports.
conservative government have handled the pandemic, they may not be able to do so because the result of this inquiry, which may take a balanced view, but this is such a raw issue for many people. notjust a testing people in care homes, but the rules in place at the time. in fact, one of the league whatsapp messages suggested helen whately herself, suggested helen whately herself, suggested there was an inhumane resume on visiting in care homes. some people will have lost relatives in care homes, or had to say goodbye via their telephones or tablets. this is something for them which will be raw and depressing. the leaking of these messages which matt hancock gave will bring back a lot of very bad memories, and people