[129][130], On 5 November it was reported that an online petition to stop Hancock from appearing on the show had attracted nearly 40,000 signatures. Following his resignation as Health Secretary, Hancock returned to the backbenches. After Theresa May announced her intention to resign as Prime Minister on 24 May 2019, Hancock announced his intention to stand for the Conservative Party leadership. [75] On Good Morning Britain, Hancock praised the Government for reintroducing the scheme, despite being repeatedly reminded by Piers Morgan that he had opposed it in Parliament. Hancock attended Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire, and the independent Kings School, Chester. 'We've got to beat this, we've got to beat it together. But as a consequence of Cummings' explosive claims that Hancock repeatedly liedto Johnson, the cabinet and the public - resulting in tens of thousands of extra deaths from Covid-19 - senior. Following his resignation as Health Secretary, Hancock returned to the backbenches. After Theresa May became Prime Minister following Cameron's resignation, Hancock was moved to the post of Minister of State for Digital and Culture. On 29 July, the council of the largest town in his constituency, Newmarket, passed a no-confidence vote against Hancock as its MP. On 5 April 2020, Hancock warned that all outdoor exercise in England could be banned in response to COVID-19 if people did not follow social distancing rules, saying: So my message is really clear. [104], On the episode aired on 16 November 2022, Hancock said that he told Boris Johnson not to run for prime minister again during the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, and said that former prime minister Liz Truss's political career is "totally finished" with "no ambiguity at all. Princess Anne is the 'perfect' example of a spare thanks to her 'sense of duty', Charles's first royal RSVP! Donations in his name are invited for the Willowbrook Hospice in St Helens, and four days ago, Bob Carter made a donation, with the Health Secretary and his wife Martha also pledging a sum on Tuesday, the day of his speech in the Commons. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. The new body, renamed as the UK Health Security Agency, was set up before autumn amid "a feared surge in coronavirus cases". Gina Coladangelo, 43, was helped by her husband - Oliver Bonas. Mayor Michael Jefferys cast the necessary vote to pass the motion. [16] Hancock acknowledged on social media that he was running late, but said he turned up ahead of time for the interview and was unfairly blocked from going on set by producers. [121] After he entered the jungle camp, Hancock was questioned by his fellow contestants, including Charlene White, Scarlette Douglas and Babatunde Alsh, about his time as Health Secretary. [119] Explaining his decision to participate in the show, Hancock said, "I want to raise the profile of my dyslexia campaign to help every dyslexic child unleash their potential even if it means taking an unusual route to get there, via the Australian jungle! The following year, Vera gave birth to Matthew's half-brother Christopher Hancock, now aged 37. [45] He withdrew from the race on 14 June shortly after winning only twenty votes on the first ballot. He is the son of Michael Hancock and Shirley Hills (now Carter). He also took on additional responsibilities as the Minister of State for Portsmouth. [91] However, Hancock resigned on the evening of 26 June, stating "those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them", and he had not because of his "breaking the guidance". Mr Hancock said: 'Every village, town and city throughout the country is host to a range of small businesses from shops, garages and cafs, to manufacturing firms and tech start-ups. [146], Hancock trained as a jockey in 2012 and won a horse race in his constituency town of Newmarket. Matt Hancock broke the ministerial code by failing to declare a stake in a family company that won an NHS contract. Princess Royal honours Team GB curling stars and Scottish police chief at Palace of Peter Andre launches scathing attack on Prince Harry as he says Duke of Sussex is 'publicly trashing his Take note, Prince Harry! Written By Lianna Mika. Matt Hancock is married to Martha Hoyer Millar, they had their wedding in 2006. . Is humanity doomed? 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The skills and enterprise minister was a teenager in rural Cheshire when his family's small computer software company nearly went bust in the recession of early 1990s. After May's resignation, Hancock stood in the Conservative Party leadership election to replace her, but withdrew shortly after the first ballot and subsequently endorsed Boris Johnson. He was promoted to Mays cabinet in the January 2018 cabinet reshuffle when he was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. [38] Hancock said his app collects data once consent has been granted by the user. Matt Hancock was born on Monday, October 2, 1978. he celebrated his 44th birthday on Sunday, October 2, 2022. Mark Kleinman City editor @MarkKleinmanSky Saturday 26 June 2021 00:33, UK The details were published within 47 days. Hancock successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. [141], In June 2021, following an affair with his political aide Gina Coladangelo, sources reported that he had left his wife for Coladangelo. He studied for a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Exeter College, Oxford, and an MPhil in Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge. On 25 June 2021, it was revealed that Matt Hancock had breached COVID-19 social distancing restrictions with Gina Coladangelo, an adviser in the Department of Health and Social Care with whom he was having an extramarital affair, after CCTV images of him kissing and embracing her in his Whitehall office on 6 May were published in The Sun newspaper. They're at it again! Hancock continued in his role as Health Secretary in Prime Minister Boris Johnsons cabinet. His spokesman said that a donation would be made to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and causes supporting dyslexia. 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", "Young minister has the skills to climb to the top in Westminster", "Exclusive Interview with Matt Hancock: Dyslexia and Me", "The government's contact-tracing app delay is another IT disaster", "Matt Hancock interview: 'Voters want the centre, not the extremes', "Profile: Matt Hancock, the Osborne acolyte who managed to survive and prosper", "Election 2010: Constituency: Suffolk West", "Members of the 2010 intake dominate the Conservative membership of Select Committees Tory MPs", "Hancock's half-hour: Tory minister accused of 'dishonesty' about missed TV appearance", "Who is Matt Hancock? . Mr Carter married the Health Secretary's mother Shirley in 1984 after she split from Mr Hancock's father Michael when the MP was six years old. In October 2014, he apologised after retweeting a poem suggesting that the Labour Party was "full of queers", describing his actions as a "total accident". How much is Matt Hancock worth? 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The Government yesterday published details of the deal, awarded to EMS Healthcare, based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. [128], In response to participating in the show, the Conservative Party suspended the whip for Hancockin effect, removing him from their parliamentary group but retaining him as a party member. [87][89], Later that day on 25 June, Hancock said that he had "breached the social distancing guidelines in these circumstances" and apologised for "letting people down". Matt Hancock accused of 'cronyism' after his sister's firm was awarded 300,000 NHS contracts Kate Ferguson Published: 20:27, 16 Apr 2021 Updated: 20:28, 16 Apr 2021 MATT Hancock has been. He took A-levels in Maths, Physics, Computing and Economics. . [100], On 15 July, investigators seized computers after searches at two homes in southern England, after the Information Commissioner's Office announced that it had set up an inquiry into the leak in the CCTV images. [28], In the 2016 UK referendum on EU membership, Hancock supported the UK remaining within the EU. Doctors and MPs criticised Hancock for denying there was a problem. The company was established in 2004 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. [44] He proposed a televised debate with other candidates. "[114] Hancock also explained that he was driven by the intention to display his "human side" and to use reality TV as a means to convey "important messages to the masses". Early in the pandemic NHS staff were photographed with poorly fitting PPE and some made gowns themselves from bin bags. [147][148], Hancock told The Guardian in 2018 that he has dyslexia, something that he said first became apparent two decades earlier while he was studying at Oxford. 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