Hancock told ministers to 'get heavy with police' to enforce lockdown, leaked messages suggest

Government wanted to 'get heavy' with police over Covid lockdown rules

'The plod got their marching orders'

Matt Hancock wanted to 'get heavy with police' in Covid rule-breaker crackdown

Leaked WhatsApp messages reveal that the former Health Secretary was keen to crack down on those breaking Covid lockdown rules just days before a party was held at 10 Downing Street

Hancock told ministers to 'get heavy with police' to enforce lockdown, leaked messages suggest

WhatsApp messages leaked to a national newspaper show that the then health secretary and colleagues gave officers "marching orders" to enforce measures

Matt Hancock: More leaked texts mock people in hotel quarantine

The latest messages show Matt Hancock and his aide discussing people "locked up" in hotel "box rooms".

Hancock leaks show need to ‘get heavy’ with police was discussed

Conversations between the former health secretary and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case have come to light

Matt Hancock wanted to 'get heavy with police' to crack down on lockdown breakers

Leaked messages also revealed Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, joking about the public being kept in quarantine hotels