Matt Hancock apologises for late registration of shares in firm that had NHS contracts

Matt Hancock apologises after Commons watchdog finds he was late registering shares in firm that had NHS contracts Matt Hancock has apologised for delay registering shares in firm with NHS ties Commons watchdog said the ex-health secretary broke the rules by late action She said breach over Topwood shares was at ‘less serious’ end of … Read more

Government watchdog calls for review of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after Matt Hancock leak

Government watchdog calls for review of the use of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after a video of Matt Hancock clinch with Gina Coladangelo was leaked Requested in letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson said ‘risks and considerations are complex and multi-faceted’ False claims blamed leak of Hancock clip on hostile … Read more

Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo are not yet living as a couple

‘Together but apart’: Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo are not yet living as a couple but are building their relationship away from the public gaze, friends say Matt Hancock in contact with Ms Coladangelo but they’re not living together  Mr Hancock pictured collecting his belongings from his former marital home  He resigned in June after CCTV footage … Read more

Local politicians pass vote of no confidence in their MP Matt Hancock

Local politicians pass vote of no confidence in their MP Matt Hancock as they blast philandering ex-Health Secretary’s ‘hypocrisy and hubris’ Labour Mayor of Newmarket Michael Jefferys passed motion against Hancock The resolution states Hancock ‘neglected the best interests of his constituents’ The Conservative MP resigned from the Cabinet last month after footage was published of … Read more

Lord Bethell under investigation over pass for Hancock aide

Health Minister Lord Bethell is under formal investigation by Lords standards watchdog over sponsoring parliamentary pass for Matt Hancock’s lover Lords Commissioner fo Standards has confirmed Lord Bethell subject to probe He is being investigated over a complaint he sponsored pass for Hancock aide  Matt Hancock’s embrace with Gina Coladangelo cost him his Cabinet job  … Read more

Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock faces call to resign by constituency councillor

‘Let’s deselect selfish and egotistical Matt Hancock’: Disgraced former Health Secretary faces call to resign by constituency councillor as backlash over clinch with aide grows Tory councillor Ian Houlder has called for Matt Hancock to be deselected as MP The West Suffolk Council member said his behaviour had gone ‘beyond the pale’ Mr Houlder wrote … Read more

Ministers demand ‘urgent sweep’ of offices after Hancock CCTV leak

Ministers demand an ‘urgent sweep of all high-level government offices’ to see if they’re being filmed as MI5 ‘will discuss the leak of Matt Hancock CCTV footage with the Cabinet Office’ Cabinet ministers have demanded an urgent sweep of their offices for cameras Robert Buckland said ministers must have ‘safe space’ to read sensitive material  … Read more

Matt Hancock quit after 80 Tory MPs blasted attempt to cling on

Matt Hancock quit the Cabinet after 80 Tory MPs expressed fury at his initial attempt to cling on – but the ex-health secretary ‘will not accept £16,000 payout he is entitled to’ Matt Hancock quit after being told 80 Tory MPs had complained to the whips  Conservative backbenchers were furious at his initial attempt to … Read more

Matt Hancock ‘took Gina Coladangelo to G7 health ministers’ summit’

Matt Hancock ‘took Gina Coladangelo to G7 health ministers’ summit in Oxford’ four weeks after their notorious office kiss Matt Hancock, 42, resigned over filmed clinch with aide Gina Coladangelo, 43 Friends suggest the Health Secretary’s affair had been going on for months Sources now claim he took Mr Coladangelo to a G7 Health Ministers’ meeting … Read more

Matt Hancock facing investigation over use of personal email to conduct government business 

Matt Hancock facing investigation over use of personal email to conduct government business Hancock is believed to have routinely used a private Gmail account for work Ministers should use official email accounts in the interest of transparency The former Health Secretary’s use of a Gmail account for government business was addressed in minutes of a … Read more