Former health secretary Matt Hancock has had the Tory whip suspended with immediate effect after it was revealed he has reportedly signed up to join I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Mr Hancock is expected to swap representing his constituents at Westminster for eating bugs in the jungle.
The MP was was a surprise extra name added to the list of contenders after the full line-up of campmates for the 2022 series were revealed by ITV on Monday night (October 31). And allies have now said he would use his appearance to promote his work on dyslexia.
The West Suffolk MP was forced to quit as health secretary after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by conducting an affair in his ministerial office. He risks being punished at Westminster for going on the ITV show – when Tory colleague Nadine Dorries went to the Australian jungle in 2012 she had the whip suspended.
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