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Matt Hancock and an aide considered using funding for the centre as leverage to persuade a Tory MP to back lockdown rules, leaked messages suggest.
Senior Conservative Jake Berry described the disclosure as an 'absolute disgrace' and called for Mr Hancock (pictured) to be hauled before the Commons for questioning.
PM’s spokesman says ‘of course’ ministers should not operate that way after conversation between ex-health secretary and aide revealed
The former Health Secretary had about 100,000 of his private texts leaked last week by his Pandemic Diaries' ghostwriter, Isabel Oakeshott.
WhatsApp messages show then health secretary agreeing with idea of threatening to withhold funds for local projects