Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 3 March 2023

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1. Quarantine ‘mocked’ in leak

Matt Hancock “mocked” people in quarantine during lockdown and suggested getting “heavy with the police”. Leaked messages, published by The Telegraph, show Hancock conversing with a top aide about passengers being “locked up” in “shoe box” rooms. The WhatsApp messages also show Hancock saying the government needed to “get heavy with the police” to crack down on the public and Boris Johnson describing a £10,000 fine on two people who broke quarantine rules as “superb”. Hancock has described the leaks as a “partial, biased account to suit an anti-lockdown agenda”.

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