The latest leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages have revealed that Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson said some schools wanted to close during the Covid pandemic so staff would have an ‘excuse’ not to work 🤦♂️
The latest tranche of leaked messages show exchanges between former health secretary Matt Hancock and ex-education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson
Messages published by the Daily Telegraph show Sir Gavin asked Mr Hancock for help securing PPE for schools, adding: ‘Some will just want to say they can’t [open] so they have an excuse to avoid having to teach, what joys!!!’ Months later, Mr Hancock messaged Sir Gavin congratulating him on getting A-level exams delayed for a few weeks, writing: ‘Cracking announcement today. What a bunch of absolute arses the teaching unions are.’The then-Health Secretary replied with two laughing emojis alongside a bullseye.Sir Gavin tweeted that his comments had been ‘about some unions and not teachers’
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