Matt Hancock at COVID inquiry: UK 'should've locked down three weeks earlier'

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Matt Hancock has accused Dominic Cummings of giving "inaccurate" evidence to the COVID inquiry as he refuted accusations he himself was a liar - while also claiming the first lockdown happening three weeks earlier would have saved "many, many lives".

The former Health Secretary on Thursday spent the whole day giving evidence to the inquiry and will return to continue doing so Friday.

In an escalating war of words, Mr Hancock accused Boris Johnson's former chief adviser of being a "malign actor" who created a "toxic culture" in Downing Street during the pandemic.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/hancock-accuses-malign-actor-cummings-of-giving-inaccurate-evidence-to-covid-inquiry-13019587

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