Matt Hancock s mistress Gina Coladangelo is stepping down from her £15,000 role at the Department of Health after footage of the pair s affair was brought to light.
Married mother-of-three Coladangelo, 43, was caught locking lips with former Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 42, in leaked CCTV footage from May 6.
Hancock had hired her as a health aide in September as a non-executive director at the Department of Health but the pair have both left in disgrace after they were seen fondling each other and breaking social-distancing rules they enforced on the British public.
Coladangelo s resignation comes just hours after Hancock announced he was stepping down from his role as Health Secretary after pressure mounted from the public and other MPs for breaking social-distancing rules that he helped to create.
Published:
9:12 AM June 27, 2021
Updated:
11:05 AM June 27, 2021
Health secretary Matt Hancock during Friday s media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19).
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A Norfolk MP said former health secretary Matt Hancock deserves credit for putting the country first, but admitted his position became untenable.
Great Yarmouth MP and Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis appeared on Sky News Trevor Phillips on Sunday show following Matt Hancock s resignation as health secretary.
Brandon Lewis, MP for Great Yarmouth.
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Mr Lewis, who was also contacted for his views by this newspaper on Saturday but did not respond, said Mr Hancock was right to quit after “taking that opportunity to look at the situation and to reflect”.
Sajid Javid pictured leaving his London house for the first time since taking over from cheating Hancock
He has returned to the Prime Minister s cabinet as an emergency replacement for disgraced ex-minister
British Medical Association have warned Mr Javid that he faces a baptism of fire in his new role
Mr Javid will need to be honest over tackling backlog of care and negotiate the resources NHS needs
Hancock quit and left his wife of 15 years after the Sun splashed images of him kissing aide Gina Coladangelo
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Shadow Housing Secretary Lucy Powell said that Labour MP Fleur Anderson had referred Mr Hancock to the Metropolitan Police to find out if any lockdown laws had been broken.