Newspaper headlines: Confidence in Covid probe hit and Sussexes evicted

The publication of Hancock’s texts have left ministers “battling to maintain confidence in the official Covid inquiry”, according to the Guardian. The paper notes that Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist to whom Hancock gave access to his texts while they were co-authoring a book, was an outspoken critic of lockdowns, and says bereaved families groups are now calling for the public inquiry into the pandemic to be given more teeth and completed swiftly.