Matt Hancock

File photo date 31/08/2022 of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Ministers could be set for a legal battle with the Covid-19 inquiry over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Johnson. The Cabinet Office has until 4pm on Tuesday to respond to the request from Lady Hallett's official inquiry. Issue date: Tuesday May 30, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Andrew Boyers/PA Wire

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File photo dated 04/06/21 of Matt Hancock. Mr Hancock and former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have told a fake overseas company looking for MP advisers their daily rate for consultancy would be £10,000. In a sting operation set up by campaign group Led By Donkeys, Mr Hancock and Mr Kwarteng both set out six-figure sums for what they would expect to be paid to advise a non-existent firm in South Korea.

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