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The health secretary has been embroiled in a scandal over the handing out of Covid-19 contracts.

"Matt Hancock squandered millions of pounds on crony contracts for duff PPE."

The former Labour leader called on the PM to “end this scandalous privatisation of our NHS which is happening before our very eyes”.

Pressed on breaking the law, Hancock said he would do the same thing "if given my time again".

The health secretary acted unlawfully, the High Court found. Should he step down?

The UK's death count surpassed 120,000 this weekend, making it one of the worst-hit countries in the world.

The Health Secretary insisted that legal cases about transparency returns were ‘second order’ to saving lives.

The health secretary was found to have acted unlawfully by handing out Covid-19 contracts without publishing details in a timely manner.

"When government eschews transparency, it evades accountability," Jolyon Maugham QC said following the High Court ruling.