Matt Hancock is facing calls to quit as health secretary from fellow Tory MPs after he breached social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague.
The health secretary apologised after pictures emerged of him with Gina Coladangelo, reportedly taken on 6 May. Conservative MPs Duncan Baker and Sir Christopher Chope have said he should go, while former secretary of state Esther McVey said she would have quit in Mr Hancock's position. The PM considers the matter closed.
A Downing Street spokesman said Boris Johnson accepted Mr Hancock's apology, adding the prime minister had full confidence in the health secretary.
Labour and the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group have also called for the health secretary to be sacked.
On Friday, The Sun published pictures of Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo, who are both married with three children, kissing. It said they had been taken inside the Department of Health on 6 May, leading the health secretary to say he was "very sorry".
The health secretary apologised after pictures emerged of him with Gina Coladangelo, reportedly taken on 6 May. Conservative MPs Duncan Baker and Sir Christopher Chope have said he should go, while former secretary of state Esther McVey said she would have quit in Mr Hancock's position. The PM considers the matter closed.
A Downing Street spokesman said Boris Johnson accepted Mr Hancock's apology, adding the prime minister had full confidence in the health secretary.
Labour and the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group have also called for the health secretary to be sacked.
On Friday, The Sun published pictures of Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo, who are both married with three children, kissing. It said they had been taken inside the Department of Health on 6 May, leading the health secretary to say he was "very sorry".
