A plan to release thousands of prisoners was considered during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to Matt Hancock's diaries.The details, first reported by the Daily Mail which is serialising the former health secretary's journals, come as Mr Hancock returns to Westminster after his stint on ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! Mr Hancock, who was one of the key figures in government as the country navigated the pandemic, reveals in his diaries that the Ministry of Justice proposed to release prisoners amid concerns about the spread of the virus.
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