United Nations job offer to Matt Hancock withdrawn after only three days A United Nations job offer to disgraced former health secretary Matt Hancock has apparently been withdrawn after only three days. Earlier this week, Hancock announced he had been appointed a special representative to the UN in an unpaid role. The former cabinet minister, who resigned in June after admitting he broke coronavirus restrictions during relations [...]
£80m in Covid contracts lawsuit: Matt Hancock’s personal WhatsApp and emails to be scrutinised The personal WhatsApp messages and emails from former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will be searched as part of a High Court battle over millions of pounds’ worth of antibody test contracts. The Good Law Project has brought legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), claiming that more than £80m in contracts [...]
Matt Hancock on getaway in Swiss Alps with lover Gina Coladangelo Matt Hancock on getaway in Swiss Alps with lover Gina Coladangelo The former Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has been spotted on holiday in a Swiss ski resort with his girlfriend Gina Coladangelo. Hancock resigned in June after footage was leaked which showed him breaking social distancing rules by kissing and groping ex-aide Coladangelo in the workplace. His exit sparked a cabinet reshuffle which saw him replaced [...]
Pingdemic: Hancock was urged to ‘tweak’ Covid-19 Test and Trace app August 17, 2021 Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was reportedly asked whether the NHS Covid-19 app should be amended to alert contacts of positive cases from two days back rather than five days, but no change was made. The app was tweaked earlier this month amid the so-called “pingdemic”, which had seen hundreds of thousands of alerts sent [...]
Data watchdog teams raid homes and seize computers amid Matt Hancock affair probe July 15, 2021 Teams from the UK’s data watchdog have seized computers after raiding two homes as part of their probe into the leaked CCTV footage of Matt Hancock’s affair. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) searched two addresses in the south of England earlier today, taking personal computer equipment and other electronic devices with them. “In these circumstances, the [...]
‘Is my camera on?’: Sajid Javid pokes fun at Matt Hancock over office CCTV July 8, 2021 Health Secretary Sajid Javid has poked fun at his predecessor as he addressed a conference from his office in the Department of Health and Social Care. “I hope my camera is on, is my camera on?” he asked as he dialled in to the conference, adding: “I mean, the one on my laptop, not the [...]
Lord Bethell probed over Westminster pass for Matt Hancock’s aide Gina Coladangelo July 6, 2021 Tory peer under investigation over pass for aide Matt Hancock was caught kissing
Exclusive: ‘Under Boris, the tail has been wagging the dog way too much’, says Charlie Mullins June 30, 2021 Discussing new health secretary Sajid Javid with London’s best-known plumber, entrepreneur Charlie Mullins, it becomes instantly clear that the founder of Pimlico Plumbers is a big fan. “In 2020, Sajid Javid chose to quit as Chancellor and walk out of Number 11 rather than bow down to Dominic Cummings and the Prime Minister and sack [...]
Health minister defends use of private email for government business June 29, 2021 Health minister Lord Bethell has rejected the idea that it is wrong for ministers to use a personal email address for government business, after it was revealed that he and former health secretary Matt Hancock used theirs “routinely”. The fresh allegations against the former health secretary and his junior minister were revealed in minutes from [...]
CCTV camera that caught Matt Hancock kiss disabled amid security questions June 28, 2021 Security reviews have been launched in Westminster after the leak of compromising footage from Matt Hancock’s former office in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Hancock quit as health secretary after CCTV images were leaked showing him breaching social distancing rules in an embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo. Ministers have expressed surprise at [...]