What the Newspaper Say – June 28

The fallout from Matt Hancock’s scandalous resignation as health secretary is topping most newspapers across the country, along with other news on the target date for the restrictions to be lifted.

the Daily Mirror leads on some effects of Hancock’s “disgusting” scandal, including a payment he will receive for leaving office, and bereaved families’ anger at his “hypocrisy” on social distancing.

Subway says Mr Hancock was reported to police by a Labor MP for his violation of social distancing rules.

The Guardian Boris Johnson says “still has big questions to answer” about Mr Hancock, including a potential abuse of public money.

the I, meanwhile, said a “security row in Whitehall” had broken out following the media leak of CCTV footage showing Mr Hancock kissing his assistant Gina Coladangelo.

the Daily mail asks if the affair between the two started a year ago, while also leading a report showing that 100,000 students did not return to full-time education when their schools reopened.

And the Daily Express says experts fear Mr Hancock’s apparent distance violation could trigger a “massive rule violation” before the country is officially “released” on its new target date for lifting restrictions, July 19.

The daily telegraph is focused on the work ahead for Mr Hancock’s replacement as health secretary Sajid Javid, saying he will push for a “swift easing of restrictions”.

Time also carries this story on its front page, with Mr Javid’s “confident” restrictions ending July 19, but leads to a plan by Home Secretary Priti Patel to have potential migrants detained at an “offshore hub “.

Meanwhile, The independent avoids the Hancock saga and leads an urgent call for volunteers to test a third stroke of the coronavirus.

the Star of the day said a member of the Defense Ministry left top secret files on a confrontation between the British Navy and Russian forces and troop movements in Afghanistan at a bus stop.

And the Financial Time says the Binance cryptocurrency exchange has been banned from Britain as part of a global cryptocurrency crackdown.