I AM PROUD OF COVID VIP LANE

No shame, no apology from Hancock

- MARTIN BAGOT

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

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 Mr 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”.

He told of his pride, adding: “What happened was so many people working as hard as they could to save lives, and they bought more PPE as a result.

“People are alive who would otherwise be dead.”