Matt Hancock and his officials bombarded Downing Street with early warnings about Covid-19 but were treated with ridicule and contempt, according to senior Whitehall figures.
The DoH was pushing really hard and the Cabinet Office and Downing Street were saying Look, we've just had an election and we have got to get Brexit done: could you and your pandemic just fuck off and stop irritating us.'
They totally trivialised it and did not want to engage.
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