Matt Hancock has apologised for breaching social distancing rules but said he would stay on as health secretary after photographs emerged of him kissing a longtime friend who has a job at his department. Labour and the Liberal Democrats called for him to go after the Sun acquired CCTV photos of Hancock in a “clinch” at his office with Gina Coladangelo, who he appointed last year to be a non...
The 42-year-old resigned on June, 26, 2021 after his affair with his aide Gina Coladangelo was exposed. Who is Matt Hancock?Matthew Hancock, 43, replaced Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary on July 9, 2018. He was first an economist, then became the economic advisor at the Bank Of England. Mr Hancock entered the field of politics in 2005 as the chief of staff to George Osborne, the shadow chancellor...
Matt Hancock’s shares in his sister’s firm that was approved as an NHS supplier should have been declared, a watchdog has said, but it concluded he was left in the dark. The failure was “a result of his lack of knowledge and in no way deliberate, and therefore, in technical terms, a minor breach of the ministerial code”, it found. Lord Geidt, Boris Johnson’s new adviser on ministerial interests...
Conservative MP Matt Hancock “definitely broke the rules” with an impromptu swim in London’s Serpentine, a member of the lake’s swimming club has told The Independent. The former health secretary was photographed enjoying an icy plunge early on Tuesday morning after a run with Tory colleagues Robert Buckland MP and Lord Bethell. However, the Serpentine Swimmers’ Club made clear that swimming is...
Following the news of Matt Hancock’s affair with an aide and his subsequent resignation over the weekend, the internet has erupted with memes and videos parodying the story. The former health secretary dramatically quit on Saturday 26 June and admitted to breaking Covid rules with Gina Coladangelo, an old friend from Oxford University, after a CCTV recording showed the pair kissing in his...
Married Matt Hancock was yesterday branded a hypocrite for not doing what he was told to do, despite urging the nation to “cautiously” embrace Candling with his mistress. We exclusively revealed the Health Secretary’s affair with aide Gina Coladangelo, including how they were caught on camera snogging on May 6. The Sun can today tell how they were “all over each other” again this week...