Patrick Vallance
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Patrick John Thompson Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham, is a British physician, scientist, life peer, and clinical pharmacologist who has served as Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Researc
Official portrait, 2025
Lord Vallance in a Government photograph, displaying his ministerial red box behind him
Lockdown Files
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The Lockdown Files are a series of articles in The Daily Telegraph containing evidence, analysis, speculation, and opinion relating to more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages obtained from former health s
The messages were given to Isabel Oakeshott by Matt Hancock to help write his book. His details were included in stories.
Many messages reported were between Permanent Secretary in Number 10, Simon Case and Hancock
Messages revealed disagreement in policy between Hancock and then Chancellor Rishi Sunak