Matt Hancock UNLEASHED in explosive book trends now

Matt Hancock UNLEASHED in explosive book trends now
Matt Hancock UNLEASHED in explosive book trends now

Matt Hancock UNLEASHED in explosive book trends now

Ministers considered a ‘bonkers plan’ to release thousands of prisoners during the Covid lockdown, Matt Hancock has revealed in explosive diaries that lift the lid on the inside story of the pandemic. 

The former health secretary's eagerly awaited book, Pandemic Diaries, details the extraordinary drama, feuds, cock-ups, failures and triumphs of the Government's battle to cope with a once-in-a-century crisis.

The diaries will be serialised exclusively in the Daily Mail from Saturday, with the first extracts available on The Mail+ from 5pm tomorrow.

Mr Hancock has also given an extensive interview to the Mail, in which he talks candidly about his time in the I'm a Celebrity jungle and falling 'deeply' in love with former aide Gina Coladangelo. That too will appear on The Mail+ at 5pm tomorrow.

Matt Hancock's electrifying diaries reveal what really went on at the heart of government in the early days of the pandemic

Matt Hancock's electrifying diaries reveal what really went on at the heart of government in the early days of the pandemic

As health secretary in Boris Johnson's Government during the pandemic, Mr Hancock played a central role in a string of huge – and often controversial – decisions, including lockdowns, travel restrictions and the procurement and rollout of the world's first Covid vaccine.

In the book's prologue, Mr Hancock says he was 'in the hot seat' during the fastest-moving and most intense crisis 'in human history'.

'I am proud of what we achieved, especially on the vaccine,' he writes. 'But there is much to learn for the next public health crisis of this kind, which I am sure will happen in my lifetime.'

His diaries reveal the astonishing discussions at the heart of government as ministers struggled to come to terms with the enormity of the crisis.

Mr Hancock is reunited with Gina Coladangelo after he's voted off I'm a Celeb

Mr Hancock is reunited with Gina Coladangelo after he's voted off I'm a Celeb

Mr Hancock is reunited with Gina Coladangelo after he's voted off I'm a Celeb

With the first lockdown looming in March 2020, Mr Hancock says he was pressured to sign off the release of thousands of prisoners to prevent them catching the virus in jail.

In his entry for March 17, he writes: '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. Yes, really: they actually thought this might be a goer. I was emphasising [my opposition] so hard that all of a sudden my chair could take the strain no longer

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