Plan to release thousands of prisoners during the Covid lockdown went around Whitehall, Matt Hancock claims in explosive new extracts from his book
The ex-health secretary has published extracts from his upcoming book the Pandemic Diaries, which will set out the drama, failures and wins, as he views them, from his time in Government.
In the first batch of extracts, Mr Hancock wrote for March 17 2020: "A bonkers proposal from the Ministry of Justice to let prisoners out, as they'd be easier to manage if they're not in prison. "After about the third iteration, I called Rob Buckland, who to my astonishment told me he'd been advised that I was the one who wanted to release them.
Mr Hancock is set to set out how the pandemic played out through his eyes, taking readers from the emergence of Covid in China, and chronicling struggles with other ministers like Mr Johnson and Rishi Sunak over lockdowns.
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