Gary Neville has lashed out at the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, after the MP used his government briefing to urge Premier League players to take pay cuts.
Speaking to the nation last night, the Conservative frontbencher said: "Given the sacrifices people are making, including some of my colleagues in the NHS, who have made the ultimate sacrifice and gone into work and caught the disease and have sadly died, I think the first thing Premier League footballers can do is make a contribution - take a pay cut and play their part." As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, the government has too been criticised by some for failing to properly protect NHS workers and a lack of testing.