Matt Hancock goes cool on prospects for summer holidays for Britons

Health secretary says there is a ‘lot of uncertainty’ after previously saying he had booked break in Cornwall

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The health secretary, Matt Hancock, appears to have rowed back on some of his previous optimism over summer holidays, saying it is too early for certainty but the government is doing everything it can to allow Britons to a break away from home.

Amid confusion over the government’s messaging about whether or not people should be booking summer holidays for this year, Hancock urged people to be “patient” about the prospect of getting away because of Covid uncertainty.