VIDEO: UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock ‘Caught Having Sexual Affair With His Married Aide

The United Kingdom Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has been caught having sexual affair with his married aide.

His secretary’s job is in the balance after pictures and video emerged appeared to show him passionately kissing his closest aide outside his office.

Married Matt Hancock, 42, was caught on CCTV embracing millionaire lobbyist Gina Coladangelo, 43, who he hired as an unpaid advisor in March last year.

Even though the case raised a huge public outcry in the country, demanding the health secretary’s resignation, UK prime minister Boris Johnson later accepted Hancock’s apology and said that the matter was now “closed”.

British newspaper ‘The Sun’, known for its often explosive reveals, published photographs on its front page on Friday that showed Hancock kissing the woman – a friend hired for a taxpayer-funded role – in his office.

The newspaper added that the photos, screengrabs from CCTV footage, were taken on May 6, that is, 11 days before the Covid-19 lockdown rules were relaxed.

“I accept that I breached the social distancing guidance in these circumstances,” Hancock said in a statement.

He added, “I have let people down and am very sorry. I remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic, and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter.”

Although British prime minister Boris Johnson stands in “full confidence” of Hancock, the opposing Labour Party said the health secretary should be removed from office for violating social distancing rules and demanded an investigation into whether he breached the ministerial code.

The development comes as a hit to the 42-year-old Hancock’s prestige, especially since the British health secretary has been at the forefront of the Boris Johnson-led UK government’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He was there in the promotional materials all along, often appearing on television to tell the public to follow strict rules and to defend his department against criticism of its response to the crisis.

“Matt Hancock appears to have been caught breaking the laws he created while having a secret relationship with an aide he appointed to a taxpayer-funded job,” said Anneliese Dodds, Chair of the Labour Party.

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