Matt Hancock tried to bypass the education secretary to close schools during Covid, messages show.
Former health secretary Matt Hancock tried to bypass the education secretary to have schools closed in December 2020, The Daily Telegraph has reported.
A vocal critic of lockdowns, Ms Oakeshott obtained them while helping Mr Hancock write his book, Pandemic Diaries. The journalist has said she broke a non-disclosure agreement to release the messages because they are "in the public interest". At that point, the plan was for all primary schools to return as normal in January, and for the opening of secondary schools to beMr Hancock describes Sir Gavin as battling "tooth and nail" to keep schools open and "going absolutely gangbusters" over the issue.
Mr Hancock then contacted Dan Rosenfield, Mr Johnson's chief of staff, to discuss how to "avoid the car crash we have just set up for January". But the next day, hours after pupils returned to the classrooms, he announced the closure of all schools and colleges, as they "may act as vectors for transmission".Unions 'just hate work'
That October, Sir Gavin announced that A-level exams would be delayed by several weeks, a shorter period than some teaching unions had called for.
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