The Lockdown Files: Episode 1, The Leak

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Jul 21, 202319:43News & Politics

In January 2023, reporters at the Telegraph are called into a meeting. The newspaper has got something big. Matt Hancock’s Whatsapps from when he was the Health Secretary, during the pandemic: 100,000 messages. The repor...

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