I didn’t break Covid rules when kissing aide, says Matt Hancock

Ex-minister explains why he resigned last year after CCTV showed him embracing adviser Gina Coladangelo

Matt Hancock has insisted that he broke only Covid guidelines rather than rules in kissing his aide and friend in his ministerial office, events that forced his resignation as UK health secretary after CCTV images of the clinch emerged.

Hancock also said his decision to step down more than 24 hours after the pictures were published was made after people he knew and respected got in touch to remind him that they had been unable to see dying relatives because of Covid regulations.

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