Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Health secretary refuses to criticise former Australian PM over his controversial past.
The health secretary has given the strongest hint yet that 90-minute tests could be rolled out across the country, and confirmed saliva and "pooled" testing is being trialled.
BBC Newsnight revealed a ‘reasonable worst-case planning assumption’ on Friday which warned there could be up to 81,000 excess Covid deaths before next March.
Manchester and Yorkshire leaders suggest plan for highly localised lockdowns panders to Tory MPs.
The government is gearing up for a significant flu vaccination programme to stop the NHS being overwhelmed if there is a winter spike in coronavirus.
But health secretary says people will not be forced to wear face coverings in offices.
Matt Hancock says most people 'acted responsibly' as pubs reopened.
It comes amid claims workers were being paid less than the minimum wage and operating without social distancing in the locked-down city.
The health secretary said this could include cutting the two-metre social distancing rule from early July.
Health secretary says UK "on track" to lift more lockdown measures on July 4.