I AM PROUD OF COVID VIP LANE

MATT Hancock has claimed the controversial “VIP lane” for PPE deals during Covid helped save lives.

- BY MARTIN BAGOT

The shameless former Health Secretary was grilled at the Covid-19 inquiry about how government contracts for medical equipment were dished out.

But relatives of people who died during the pandemic slammed him over the fast-tracked deals for friends of Tories.

Yesterday Hancock, who has not apologised, said messages by him recommending one supplier, who was the landlord of his local pub, were evidence of “my impeccable behaviour”.