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Jesse Norman, a Treasury minister, was doing the morning interview round on behalf of the government earlier and in his appearances his dismissed the revelation that Boris Johnson had described Matt Hancock as “totally fucking hopeless” in a text last year. Norman told the Today programme:
The prime minister obviously, as anybody would detect, is a massive supporter of the Health Secretary, he’s coming firmly behind him. There can be no question of loss of confidence.”
The Office for National Statistics has published a report this morning on the prospects of testing positive for coronavirus after having a vaccine, and mostly the findings are very encouraging. It says:
