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Rob Evans, David Pegg and Felicity Lawrence

Matt Hancock’s stay at mansion of Randox founder revealed by FoI request

Matt Hancock smiling wearing a suit.
Hancock stayed at the ‘magnificent’ Dundarave estate in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

The former health secretary Matt Hancock was given an overnight stay at a country estate owned by the head of Randox, the healthcare firm that had hired the MP Owen Paterson as a consultant.

During a two-day visit to Northern Ireland as health secretary in 2019, Hancock had a private dinner and stayed overnight at the Dundarave country estate in County Antrim, which is owned by Peter Fitzgerald, Randox’s founder.

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