Matt Hancock
(Picture: ITV)Lord Pickles has described his own committee as “toothless” after Matt Hancock went to the celebrity jungle without asking for his permission.
Lord Pickles chairs the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), which is meant to vet the jobs former ministers take after leaving office. But the committee lacks enforcement powers and is “badly in need of reform”, writes Lord Pickles in The House magazine. When the ex-Health Secretary entered the jungle without consulting ACOBA, Lord Pickles wrote to him demanding an explanation.
