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WhatsApp messages show then health secretary agreeing with idea of threatening to withhold funds for local projects
Matt Hancock and a senior aide discussed ways to block funding for MPs’ local projects to persaude them to vote for Covid rules, including a new centre for disabled children, leaked messages reveal.
The messages between Hancock and adviser Allan Nixon show the former health secretary agreeing with the suggestion “100%” that projects in constituencies should be used as ways to persuade MPs to vote for the tier system in December 2020.
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