UK ministers&nbsp;and the then Health Secretary Matt Hancock are under fire again over violating Covid pandemic guidelines after new leaked messages&nbsp;reveal&nbsp;that they joked about locking up travellers arriving in quarantine hotels.&nbsp;The&nbsp;messages were published by The Daily Telegraph.

In one exchange, in February 2021,&nbsp;Health Secretary Hancock said that they were "giving families all the big suites and putting pop stars in the box rooms." To this, UK Cabinet Secretary Simon Case&nbsp;replied that he just wants to see some of the faces of people coming out of first-class into a Premier Inn shoe box. He also asked how many people had been "locked up" in hotels the previous day, Hindustan Times reported.

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The conversation continued, and Hancock responded, "None. But 149 chose to enter the country and are now in Quarantine Hotels due to their own free will!"&nbsp;

Simon found this funny and said, "hilarous."

The texts also&nbsp;suggested that Hancock wanted to get heavy with police over the enforcement of lockdown rules.&nbsp;

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Responding to these leaked messages, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said, "These messages reveal the arrogance and shameful lack of respect that Conservative ministers showed to the public and to the police who they were expecting to do an extremely complex job in difficult circumstances." 
 
He&nbsp;added that at the same time, these officials were breaking the law themselves with their lockdown parties while demanding stronger enforcement by the police.&nbsp;

A few days back, other leaked messages revealed that Hancock rejected the health chief's advice on care homes for testing people.&nbsp;He said it is outrageous and denied doing so.

(With inputs from agencies) 
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UK ministers and the then Health Secretary Matt Hancock are under fire again over violating Covid pandemic guidelines after new leaked messages reveal that they joked about locking up travellers arriving in quarantine hotels.

UK ministers and the then Health Secretary Matt Hancock are under fire again over violating Covid pandemic guidelines after new leaked messages reveal that they joked about locking up travellers arriving in quarantine hotels. The messages were published by The Daily Telegraph. In one exchange, in February 2021, Health Secretary Hancock said that they were "giving families all the big suites and putting pop stars in the box rooms." To this, UK Cabinet Secretary Simon Case replied that he just wants to see some of the faces of people coming out of first-class into a Premier Inn shoe box. He also asked how many people had been "locked up" in hotels the previous day, Hindustan Times reported. Also read | UK: Matt Hancock's leaked Covid messages revive painful pandemic debates The conversation continued, and Hancock responded, "None. But 149 chose to enter the country and are now in Quarantine Hotels due to their own free will!" Simon found this funny and said, "hilarous." The texts also suggested that Hancock wanted to get heavy with police over the enforcement of lockdown rules. Also read | 'It is outrageous': Ex-UK health secretary Matt Hancock denies claims he ignored Covid care home advice Responding to these leaked messages, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said, "These messages reveal the arrogance and shameful lack of respect that Conservative ministers showed to the public and to the police who they were expecting to do an extremely complex job in difficult circumstances." He added that at the same time, these officials were breaking the law themselves with their lockdown parties while demanding stronger enforcement by the police. A few days back, other leaked messages revealed that Hancock rejected the health chief's advice on care homes for testing people. He said it is outrageous and denied doing so. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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