Matt Hancock is claiming an extra £13,200 a year in expenses from the taxpayer to rent a love nest after quitting his marital home. The former Health Secretary has been claiming £3300 a month for a property in London since September, shortly before he earned £320,000 for appearing on TV reality show, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
Mr Hancock’s expenses claim is now 50 per cent more than his previous one for a house in his constituency. It comes as a register of MP’s interests shows he has earned more than £440,000 in a year in addition to his £84,144 MP’s salary.
Hancock’s lover Gina Coladangelo and her estranged husband Oliver Tress sold their London home for £7.5million at the start of the year. She was spotted shopping for household items with Hancock in a Homebase store around the time he switched his expenses claim to London.
