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Eugyppius argues that the many thousands of Matt Hancock's finger-flicking conversational exchanges leaked to the Telegraph do not provide evidence of a conspiracy. His argument has much that is sound in it and I admire its tone. But in the great...

Rightwing editorial agendas shaped the narrative of the Lockdown Files, but what they really showed was bunglers bungling in secret, writes the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Ex-health secretary warned to steer clear of China criticism by government officials after he said Beijing's explanation 'just doesn't fly'

The UK’s former Health Secretary plotted to “deploy the new variant” of Covid-19 to “frighten the pants off everyone” into complying with lockdown, leaked

Matt Hancock rejected advice from England's Chief Medical Officer to replace the 14-day Covid quarantine with five days of testing because it would "imply we've been getting it wrong". Mr Hancock was told by Prof Sir Chris Whitty in November 2020...

SIR – The Lockdown Files provide an insight into government decision-making processes and highlight the completely random approach adopted when making choices that impact the entire population.

The Cabinet wasn't told during the COVID-19 pandemic about the argument for cutting short the self-isolation period, former minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said.

Move raises concerns that policy could be being made behind the scenes with no public record and against transparency rules

Former Tory Party chairman reacts to Telegraph's latest WhatsApp leak

The slithy tove can – and must – be dragged before a Select Committee and made to answer for his actions and the vast hurt they have caused