Matt Hancock to face questions over Dominic Cummings allegations

Health secretary will appear in the Commons and host a press conference a day after incendiary claims from PM's former aide

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, will face MPs on Thursday over allegations made by the former senior No 10 aide Dominic Cummings to a select committee that Hancock lied to colleagues and performed disastrously" during the Covid pandemic.

In incendiary testimony on Wednesday, Cummings singled out Hancock, saying he should have been fired for at least 15 to 20 things - including lying to everybody on multiple occasions". He said he had suggested this to the prime minister, as did the then cabinet secretary, Mark Sedwill.