The ex-minister's evidence is expected to take up the whole of Thursday's sitting hours following repeated criticism made against him by a number of other witnesses.
The inquiry heard that in one WhatsApp exchange with the permanent secretary at Number 10 Simon Case who is the current Cabinet Secretary Lord Sedwill joked it was necessary to remove Mr Hancock to save lives and protect the NHS.
Quoting from written evidence from Mr Hancock, Mr Burnham said: He says in his evidence about Tier 3, I was in despair that we had announced a policy that we knew would not work.' WhatsApp messages shared with the inquiry also revealed that former top Number 10 adviser Dominic Cummings repeatedly pushed Boris Johnson to fire the former minister.
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