"It is the single most disgusting example of dereliction of duty I have ever encountered in my 12 years as a doctor." Also he still hasn't visited Covid memorial wall...
"I'm sitting in this evidence session opened mouthed. He's just not telling the truth. It's shocking!"
The health secretary added that social distancing could continue after the end of the prime minister's roadmap.
“Whoever is telling the truth in the Cummings/Hancock saga doesn’t change the fact the government has been criminally negligent and the consequence of that has been catastrophic,” a lawyer affiliated with the Communication Workers Union has said.
“This sets a concerning precedent that the rules don’t apply equally, or indeed they don’t apply at all," deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said.
"It was frightening. If it weren’t for the hard work of social care staff, those figures would have been much, much worse.”
The Prime Minister’s ethics adviser said the award of the framework contracts to Topwood ‘should have been declared at the time’.
The failure was “a result of his lack of knowledge and in no way deliberate”, a report found.
"My preference, Secretary of State, is for honesty and straightforward evidence. I would welcome that from you."