Former adviser to health secretary had a House of Commons pass before she started working for him officially
Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, is facing questions over the privileged access he gave to his lover after it emerged he had issued her with a parliamentary pass when her only declared work was as a communications chief for a private company.
Hancock eventually resigned after CCTV footage emerged of an office embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo, admitting he had broken social distancing guidelines. Legal experts said the office clinch broke Covid laws. He is understood to have left his wife.