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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Matt Hancock says he broke his own Covid guidance because he 'fell in love'

Ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he broke his own Covid guidelines because he "fell in love" with his aide.

The former Cabinet minister was forced to resign last year after leaked CCTV showed him in a clinch with adviser Gina Coladangelo in his Whitehall office.

The footage was taken on May 6 2021, when indoor social gatherings of people from different households were banned under law and guidance urged people to stay two metres apart and avoid "face to face contact".

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