", "Boris Johnson backs Matt Hancock after claims he lied", "Matt Hancock apologises after photos show him kissing aide", "Matt Hancock gave key Covid role to lobbyist pal", "Who is Gina Coladangelo? In 2020 Hancock's net worth was estimated at around 705,000-2.1m. Net Worth 2020, Salary. Hancock was first elected as the MP for West Suffolk in 2010, succeeding Richard Spring. What is Matt Hancock's net worth? After Johnson became Prime Minister, Hancock retained his position as Health Secretary in his cabinet. Steven Cliff Bartlett (born August 1992) [1] is a British businessman and entrepreneur. Hancock entered the field of politics in 2005 as the chief of staff to George Osborne, the shadow chancellor at the time. Everything To Know About The 'Daisy Jones & The Six' TV Series, 'Love Island's Laura Anderson Is Expecting Her First Child, Sophie Turners Joan Charts The Rise Of A Famous British Jewel Thief, Nicola Coughlan Just Leaked The Funniest BTS Snap From 'Bridgerton' S3. Identities / Matthew John David Hancock - Matt Hancock . I don't think so", "Why did Matt Hancock's tone policing backfire? He supported the prorogation of parliament in 2019 by Johnson which he had previously opposed while running for the leadership of the Conservative Party earlier in the year. In October 2014, he apologized after retweeting a poem suggesting that the Labour Party was full of queers, describing his actions as a total accident. [114] Agreement was reached with the show's producers that Hancock could communicate with his constituency team throughout his time in the jungle if necessary. On 15 August 2020, The Daily Telegraph reported that Hancock was to merge Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace into a new body called the National Institute for Health Protection, modelled on the Robert Koch Institute. Boris Johnson became PM shortly after and Hancock retained his position as Health Secretary. Matt Hancock net worth is estimated at around $5 million. [56] The Government later implemented legislation banning such groups from forming. [4], Hancock attended Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire, and the fee-paid King's School, Chester. On Good Morning Britain, Hancock praised the government for reintroducing the scheme, despite being repeatedly reminded by Piers Morgan that he had opposed it in parliament. Both Johnson and anonymous Downing Street officials denied the allegation. Matt Hancock is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021, and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in 2018 for six months. He has been health secretary since July 2018 and ran for . Matt Hancock fans . On 25 May 2019, Hancock announced his intention to stand in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election. [101], On 29 July, the council of the second largest town in his constituency, Newmarket, passed a no-confidence vote against Hancock as its MP. Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo leaving No 10 Downing Street Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. In October 2014, he apologised after retweeting a poem suggesting that the Labour Party was "full of queers", describing his actions as a "total accident". Politician who ascended to the role of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2018. He studied for a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Exeter College, Oxford, and an MPhil in Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge. After taking on the position of Health Secretary, Hancock's ambitions didn't stop there and on July 25, 2019, he announced that he was going to stand to become the leader of the Conservative Party. After endorsing . Although yet to be released, the 44-year-old has shared he will be releasing a book later this year. [16] Hancock acknowledged on social media that he was running late, but said he turned up ahead of time for the interview and was unfairly blocked from going on set by producers. In early 2018, Hancock was the first MP to launch his own mobile app, which was meant as a social network for him to communicate with his constituents and give people updates in relation to his cabinet role. During this campaign, Hancock opposed the prorogation of parliament to deliver Brexit and called on his fellow leadership candidates to join him on 6 June 2019. [130] Another contestant, journalist Charlene White, said she feared she would lose her job if she was too sympathetic towards Hancock. Although, the MP has said that hell be donating all of the royalties from his book to NHS charities, per The Mirror. [58] He stayed in self-isolation with mild symptoms for seven days, before delivering an update on COVID-19 testing targets and on Government plans to write off 13.4billion of NHS debt. 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The MHRA stated that it had followed an expeditious procedure allowed under EU legislation which was still in force in the UK during the transition period. [87][89], Later that day on 25 June, Hancock said that he had "breached the social distancing guidelines in these circumstances" and apologised for "letting people down". [69], On 11 October 2020, Hancock denied breaching a 10 pm drinking curfew in the Smoking Room bar in the House of Commons, put in place because of the pandemic. A ruling released by the High Court stated: There is now no dispute that, in a substantial number of cases, the secretary of state breached his legal obligation to publish Contract Award Notices (CANs) within 30 days of the award of contracts. The details were published within 47 days. 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After Theresa May became Prime Minister following Cameron's resignation, Hancock was moved to the post of Minister of State for Digital and Culture. From 2018 to 2022, Matt Hancock was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom. He was re-elected as West Suffolk's MP in 2015, 2017, and 2019. Matt Hancock failed to declare family connections to company that won NHS contracts Topwood Ltd provided waste disposal services to Health Service in 2019 when it was owned by Health Secretary's . Hancock apologised "for the things that have gone wrong in her care" and said her case in particular was "incredibly difficult and complex", calling Bethany's case "heart-rending" and saying that he had insisted on "a case review of every single person in those conditions. In October 2019, Hancock was lobbied by former Prime Minister David Cameron and financier Lex Greensill to introduce a payment scheme. Matt Hancock voted against a Labour Party Opposition Day Motion to extend free school meals over holidays for children in England on 21 October 2020, with the final vote being 322 against and 261 in favour. In April 2021, it was revealed that he had been given 20% of shares in Topwood Limited, a firm based in Wrexham which is owned by his sister and other close family members. There was never a camera in my office when I was Health Secretary or in any of the other five Cabinet positions. It was reported that the CCTV footage was leaked by a DHSC employee who opposed the governments lockdown restrictions, and on 27 June it was confirmed that an internal investigation was undertaken by the department to find the culprit, for fear of future CCTV footage being leaked to states hostile to the UK, for the purposes of blackmail. He was an economist at the Bank of England before serving as a senior economic adviser and later chief of staff to George Osborne. Hancock responded by saying: "I did not know about the framework decision, and so I do not think I could reasonably have been expected to declare it. She doesn't have any social media accounts. [18], In June 2014, Hancock encouraged employers to become involved in offering more apprenticeships, allowing young people to learn and earn simultaneously. [97][98] The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group warned that Hancock's actions could undermine adherence to COVID-19 restrictions, similar to the Dominic Cummings scandal. [3] She is a granddaughter of Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra. In July 2018, after the promotion of Jeremy Hunt to Foreign Secretary, Hancock replaced him as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. [13] He was elected as the constituency's MP at the 2010 general election with 24,312 votes, 13,050 votes ahead of Liberal Democrat candidate Belinda Brooks-Gordon. [38] Hancock said his app collects data once consent has been granted by the user. I know her and I know her to be trustworthy, a view shared by fellow Conservative MP Amber Rudd. The couple has three children, a daughter and two sons; one of their children is adopted. He narrowly won the contest, defeating Natalie Elphicke (a solicitor who later became MP for Dover), by 88 votes to 81 in the final ballot. Matthew John David Hancock was born on 2 October 1978 in Chester, Cheshire, to Michael Hancock and. [8][12], Hancock was selected as the Conservative candidate for West Suffolk in January 2010. In June 2021, after it was shown he had breached COVID-19 social distancing restrictions by kissing and embracing an aide, Gina Coladangelo, in his Whitehall office, Hancock resigned as Health Secretary and was succeeded by Sajid Javid. However, the former couple's marriage broke down after it was revealed Hancock had an affair. In March, he declared he had acquired . This article is about the British politician. As a Secretary of State, Hancock would have been entitled to roughly 71,000 on top of this, according to The Sun. According to sources, the estimated net worth of Matt Hancock is about $5 Million. Hancock told The Guardian in 2018 that he has dyslexia, something that he said first became apparent two decades earlier while he was studying at Oxford. The family lived in Little Thurlow in his West Suffolk parliamentary constituency. [121], On 1 November 2022, Hancock announced that he would be a contestant on the 22nd series of the reality television series I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, filmed while Parliament is in session. [53], In November 2019, Hancock publicly apologised to Bethany, a teenager diagnosed with autism, for being kept in solitary confinement in various psychiatric facilities. Hancock then rose through the ranks of the Conservative Party to become Health Secretary in July 2018. [31], In August 2017, Hancock oversaw the strengthening of UK data protection law. He was diagnosed with dyslexia at university. He was replaced as Health Secretary the same day by Sajid Javid. The MHRA stated that it had followed an expeditious procedure allowed under EU legislation which was still in force in the UK during the transition period. Coladangelo had become a close friend of Hancock after meeting him while they were both undergraduates at Oxford University. On 29 July, the council of the largest town in his constituency, Newmarket, passed a no-confidence vote against Hancock as its MP. [152], On 25 January 2023, police arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly assaulting Hancock on the London Underground.[153]. 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[47], Hancock continued in his role as Health Secretary in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from 6 September 2012 to 7 October 2013. He previously served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in 2018, for 6 months. Hancock was implicated in the Greensill scandal as the payment scheme was later rolled out within the NHS. In November 2018, Hancock was criticized after appearing to endorse a mobile phone health app marketed by the subscription health service company Babylon in the Evening Standard. Following objections related to his record as Secretary of State for Health, the United Nations announced on 16 October that the offer had been rescinded. [122] Explaining his decision to participate in the show, Hancock said, "I want to raise the profile of my dyslexia campaign to help every dyslexic child unleash their potential even if it means taking an unusual route to get there, via the Australian jungle! So with an increased spotlight on him, what is Hancocks net worth and how does he make his money? Matt Hancock briefly worked for his familys computer software company after University and for a backbench Conservative MP, before moving to London to work as an economist at the Bank of England, specializing in the housing market. The couple share three children - they have a daughter and two sons. The previous year, Hancock had failed to declare he had appointed Coladangelo as an unpaid adviser at the department and later to a paid non-executive director role on its board, for which Coladangelo would earn between 15,000 and 20,000 annually from public funds. On Im A Celeb, Hancock is reportedly being paid a whopping 400,000 for his jungle stint the second highest fee after Boy George. On 27 July, he announced protection from fracking for National Parks, seen as a method of reducing anger in Conservative constituencies ahead of the election. [67] Allin-Khan, a doctor, had stated in Parliament a lack of testing was costing lives when Hancock suggested she should "take a leaf out of the Shadow Secretary of State's [Jonathan Ashworth's] book in terms of tone". His net worth as of 2022 is estimated to be around 5million. Amanda Milling, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party, opined that Hancocks affair was a factor in the Conservative Partys failure to win the Batley and Spen by-election on 1 July. He served on this committee until November 2012. In 2020, The Sun reported that Mr Hancock's net worth was estimated at around 705,000 - 2.1 million. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2010. Matt's time in the jungle will be up tonight as I'm A Celebrity crown the winner of this year's series - after spending 22 days down under. [122], Hancock joined the show on 9 November 2022 with comedian Seann Walsh. Net Worth. His net worth as of 2022 is estimated to be around 5million. A member of the Conservative Party , he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for West . Former Cabinet ministers Alan Johnson and Rory Stewart both said there had never been cameras in their offices during their time in government, with Johnson saying: I could never understand why there was a camera in the Secretary of States office. [50][51][52], In October 2019, Hancock was lobbied by former Prime Minister David Cameron and financier Lex Greensill to introduce a payment scheme. [124] After he entered the jungle camp, Hancock was questioned by his fellow contestants, including Charlene White, Scarlette Douglas and Babatunde Alsh, about his time as Health Secretary. It won a place on a "procurement framework" listing to provide services to NHS England in 2019, as well as contracts with NHS Wales. Health Secretary Matt Hancock met former PM David Cameron and financier Lex Greensill for a "private drink" in 2019 to discuss a new payment scheme for the NHS, it has been revealed. Hancock responded by saying: I did not know about the framework decision, and so I do not think I could reasonably have been expected to declare it. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hancock revealed his plans to help a British-Ukrainian constituent whose family was attempting to flee Ukraine. [28], In the 2016 UK referendum on EU membership, Hancock supported the UK remaining within the EU. In 1999, he joined the Conservative Party as a member. If you don't want us to have to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home then you've got to follow the rules and the vast majority of people are following the rules. Prime Minister Johnson defended Hancock and his decision-making. Hancock was pictured embracing his aide, the image was from just after 3pm on May 6 as the rest of Westminster was engrossed by the local elections. He withdrew from the race on 14 June shortly after the first ballot. 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