Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock ‘hugely disappointed and sad’ after WhatsApp messages sent to newspaper

Former British health secretary denies sending ‘menacing message’ to journalist Isabel Oakeshott after documents disclosed

Patrick Freyne’s TV of 2022: Liam Neeson’s bitter words, The Love Boat with full frontal nudity, and a farewell to a legend

The White Lotus, The Bear, Severance and Somebody Somewhere were unmissable

Matt Hancock to stand down as Conservative MP at next UK general election

Former UK health secretary stripped of party whip following appearance on I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here reality show

Patrick Freyne: As a toad sits on his head, it’s clear Matt Hancock is inured to all humiliation

On I’m a Celebrity, the former UK health secretary eventually wears down his appalled jungle mates with his vague and masochistic pleasantness

I’m a Celebrity final: Matt Hancock maintains his dignity as molluscs make a beeline for his crotch

Television: The British MP is the first of the three finalists to be voted off the TV show as the England football star Jill Scott is crowned queen of the jungle

TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight

From the I’m a Celebrity final and a day in the life of the Dart to Hugh Wallace’s Bungalow Bliss and the TV bloopers of It’ll be Alright on the Night

Anne Harris: Matt Hancock is winning in the court of public opinion

Reality TV provides escapism in dark times. It also explores the fundamentals of human behaviour

The Irish shouldn’t have put a border across their own country in the first place

The Diary of a Secret Tory MP author seeks to prove that Britain’s ruling party is not beyond parody

I’m a Celebrity: Matt Hancock staggers on. Can he see Love Island on the horizon?

Television: The former British health secretary’s arrival caused uproar last week. But opinion appears to have turned

Laura Slattery: Matt Hancock the World Cup warm-up act in TV’s theatre of bad dreams

Feelgood goes out of fashion with I’m a Celebrity’s nauseous contestant choice set to segue into Fifa’s Qatar disgrace

I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! Matt Hancock arrives to stunned looks. Buckle up. There’s no telling how weird this could get

Television: ‘I can’t help thinking he should be at work,’ Chris Moyles says of the UK’s former health secretary. Boy George looks as if he might quit in disgust

Matt Hancock fiasco: The kangaroo’s penis theory of British politics remains unproven

Donald Clarke: Matt Hancock’s unveiling by I’m a Celebrity could hardly have gone worse

Ex-UK minister Matt Hancock loses Tory whip for entering I’m A Celebrity

Chief whip Simon Hart said the situation was so serious he should have the right to sit as a Conservative suspended

2021: The year in highlights

From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped

Boris Johnson attended No 10 lockdown party in May 2020 – reports

British prime minister reportedly present for 15 minutes following Covid press briefing

Revealed: Google’s most popular searches of 2021

Squid Game, Bernie Sanders’s mittens and how to wear skinny jeans dominate global trends

Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’, inquiry finds

Bereaved families call for public inquiry to be brought forward after cross-party report

The English are rogues in a way we Irish only imagine ourselves to be

The UK is being led by a cabal of ageing frat boys whose decisions are making its people sick

Britain’s pingdemic: ‘Covid app error’ means thousands could have isolated needlessly

Whitehall whistleblower says people were classed as close contacts for five days, not two

Top Tories warn Johnson against demoting Sunak

Tensions between prime minister and chancellor rise over spending policy

Sajid Javid apologises for comment about ‘cowering from’ virus

British health secretary’s ‘poor choice of word’ causes outcry amongst bereaved families

Johnson and Sunak to self-isolate after backlash forces U-turn

PM urges public to ‘please, please, be cautious’ as restrictions begin to lift in England

British health secretary Sajid Javid tests Covid positive just weeks into job

England’s Covid-19 crisis could return quickly, chief medical officer says

Starmer’s surprise victory is one of ‘hope over hatred’

George Galloway’s supporters face allegations of bringing toxic element to campaign

Karlin Lillington: Is Mr Bean the lead consultant on UK’s email security policies?

Net Results: Hancock’s Gmail use shocking as it exposed affairs of state to great risk

The Irish Times view on British government scandals: a question of judgment

There are straws in the wind to suggest that Boris Johnson’s vaccine bounce may be faltering

England on course for full reopening on July 19th, says Johnson

There were 22,868 new cases across the UK, the highest daily figure since January

Johnson has strengthened his cabinet by choosing Javid to replace Hancock

Johnson was reluctant to sack a minister over a personal indiscretion, but it became clear Conservative MPs were unwilling to back Hancock

British government investigating Hancock CCTV footage leak

UK health secretary resigned in wake of video showing him kissing aide in his office

Matt Hancock to keep job despite ‘social distancing breach’

Boris Johnson refuses to sack health secretary after picture emerges of him kissing an aide

Boris Johnson calls Hancock ‘hopeless’ in texts released by Cummings

Former aide claims PM plans to leave office after next election ‘to make money and have fun’

Boris Johnson faces backlash over decision to extend restrictions

End of Covid social-distancing rules to be delayed for four weeks until July 19th

Hancock denies lying to Boris Johnson about coronavirus response

UK health secretary tells inquiry it is ‘telling’ Dominic Cummings did not provide evidence of allegations

UK plans to offer Covid vaccines to teenagers in late summer

Matt Hancock says Delta variant of virus appears to be 40% more transmissible

UK to be ‘tough’ on international travel as people scramble home from Portugal

June 21st unlocking may be scaled down as UK records highest Covid cases since March

Boris Johnson upbeat but cautious on England’s reopening plan

June 21st on cards for final unlocking but ministers ready for delay if data worsens

Spread of Delta variant casts doubt on UK plan to remove restrictions on June 21st

Government’s former chief scientific adviser says Britain is in ‘a perilous moment’

UK considers compulsory Covid jabs for health workers

British government aims to have all over-50s fully inoculated by June 21st, date set for England’s full exit from lockdown

Cummings’s revenge plot on Johnson could hatch into terminal mistrust

London Letter: Even if voters don’t care, the explosive allegations could damage the PM

Hancock rejects Cummings’s ‘unsubstantiated’ attacks on his honesty

UK health secretary avoids answering question on testing of patients before their discharge

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