A Bolton MP has demanded that members of the government, including the Prime Minister, be investigated for corporate manslaughter over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East, asked this question to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, a day after Boris Johnson s former aide, Dominic Cummings, made scathing allegations, including that Mr Hancock should have been sacked early on in the pandemic for lying. Mr Hancock has denied these allegations, but also claimed in parliament that Bolton is carrying out tens of thousands of vaccinations every day while praising the town for its efforts in dealing with a spike in cases over the last few weeks.
Health Secretary said on jabs there are tens of thousands every single day
Data for the Manchester town shows daily average is 3,000 for all doses
There have never been more than 5,447 jabs given on a single day in Bolton
NHS staff there ramped up the rollout in May in reaction to the Indian variant
Hancock was accused yesterday of being a liar by Dominic Cummings
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock faced questions from MPs on the Government s handling of the pandemic after being blasted by Dominic Cummings
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisted that he has been straight with people throughout the pandemic.
Mr Hancock was responding to questions from MPs over several allegations which were made by the Prime Minister s former chief advisor, Dominic Cummings.
The Health Secretary branded the allegations not true and unsubstantial .
Mr Cummings, who apologised for his own shortcomings, also claimed the Prime Minister was unfit for the job and that tens of thousands of people died who didn t need to die because of the Government s failings.
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Calls for clarity on new Bolton Covid ârestrictionsâ The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus has called on the Government to provide “urgent clarity” on restrictions in Bolton and other areas where the Indian variant is spreading. Official guidance has been updated to advise against all but essential travel in Bedford, Blackburn and Darwen, Bolton, Burnley, Kirklees, Leicester, Hounslow, and North Tyneside, where the variant is growing fastest. The guidance appears to have been changed last week without an official announcement and Layla Moran, who chairs the APPG on Coronavirus, said this risked causing “confusion and uncertainty”. She said: “This is a major change to policy that will have a huge impact on people’s lives. Simply updating the Government website without an official announcement is a recipe for confusion and uncertainty.