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By Katy Prickett
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image captionHealth secretary Matt Hancock would not comment on the claims while leaving his north London home on Thursday
Matt Hancock lied about his handling of the pandemic and should have been fired, the prime minister s former senior adviser Dominic Cummings has claimed. On Thursday, the health secretary and West Suffolk MP got his chance to respond to and reject the accusations. What do his constituents make of it all?
During an explosive seven-hour appearance before a parliamentary committee looking at lessons learnt from the pandemic, Mr Cummings was scathing about the government s handling of it.