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by the daily telegraph, matt hancock and a senior cabinet official are seen tojoke about travellers arriving in the uk being locked up in shoe box quarantine hotels. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas, has more. february 2021, hotel quarantine. this is where you had to stay by law an airport hotel, for ten days if you arrived from a high risk country. the cost you paid around £2,000 per adult. the very day the policy came in, it s the tone of the text messages that s most striking. the country s most senior civil servant to matt hancock, then health secretary. i just want to see some of the faces of people coming out of first class and into a premier inn shoebox, says simon case. ten days later, they appear to be laughing. mr case asks, any idea how many people we locked up in hotels yesterday? matt hancock says, none, but 149 chose to enter the country and are now in quarantine hotels due to their own free will. simon case replies, hilarious.
effective quote on quote protective ring he put around care homes. is ring he put around care homes. is there anything matt hancock could say to bereaved families that would make a difference to you? i personally believe that when people tell you who they are, you should listen to them and trust them. matt hancock has had years now, time as health secretary and time afterwards, to show some contrition, show he was sorry for the disaster that was the leadership as health secretary and the lives that have been lost. instead he chose to write a book, go on television. i cannot speakfor everyone, but a book, go on television. i cannot speak for everyone, but for me personally, ifeel like speak for everyone, but for me personally, i feel like it speak for everyone, but for me personally, ifeel like it is speak for everyone, but for me personally, i feel like it is too little, too late. if he wants to start making amends, and start building some kind of trust again, i think he needs to be at
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. energy firms are preparing for the government to change course and maintain similar levels of support for households with their energy bills, and not reduce help from the end of the month as planned. constance marten and mark gordon are due to appear in court after a baby s remains were found following a huge search operation around brighton. labour defends the decision to offer a job to the former civil servant sue gray who oversaw the investigation into lockdown parties in downing street. more revelations from matt hancock s lockdown messages government officials discussed the need for the police to get tougher with the public over covid rules. and it s the end of an era
energy markets, very difficult politically for the government to stand behind an increase in costs when the wholesale market is growing dramatically in the other direction. close to a certainty that the u turn happens. we close to a certainty that the u-turn ha ens. ~ , ., ., close to a certainty that the u-turn ha- -ens. ~ , ., ., .,, close to a certainty that the u-turn ha ens. . , ., ., ., , ., ~ happens. we shall have to see. thank ou. happens. we shall have to see. thank you- simon happens. we shall have to see. thank you. simon french. let s move now to wesminster. sue gray, the senior civil servant who wrote the report about the gatherings that happened in downing street during the pandemic, has been offered the position of chief of staff for the labour leader, sir keir starmer. some conservative mps have expressed concerns over this move, like alexander stafford, a former ministerial aide to mrjohnson. he said on the today programme that her appointment doesn t pass the sn