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Matt Hancock resigns: Dominic Cummings issues damning assessment of new health secretary - as PM criticised for not sacking Hancock
Boris Johnson said on Friday that he had accepted
Mr Hancock s apology for breaking social distancing rules, and considered the matter closed.
But after Mr Hancock
resigned on Saturday, Mr Johnson was criticised for not sacking him when reports of his failings emerged.
The departure of Mr Hancock and subsequent
hiring of Sajid Javid as his replacement has tempted the PM s former chief adviser
Dominic Cummings back on to Twitter, where he has in recent weeks regularly issued damning assessments of the government s response to the pandemic.
LONDON: Pressure is mounting on Matt Hancock to resign – and on Boris Johnson to call in the Government’s ethics adviser – after the Health Secretary was caught kissing a close.
Published:
9:12 AM June 27, 2021
Updated:
11:05 AM June 27, 2021
Health secretary Matt Hancock during Friday s media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19).
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A Norfolk MP said former health secretary Matt Hancock deserves credit for putting the country first, but admitted his position became untenable.
Great Yarmouth MP and Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis appeared on Sky News Trevor Phillips on Sunday show following Matt Hancock s resignation as health secretary.
Brandon Lewis, MP for Great Yarmouth.
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Mr Lewis, who was also contacted for his views by this newspaper on Saturday but did not respond, said Mr Hancock was right to quit after “taking that opportunity to look at the situation and to reflect”.