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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2980743" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Hancock">Matt Hancock</keyword> appointed <keyword id="11512668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gina-coladangelo">Gina Coladangelo</keyword> to the UK health department board in September 2020.</li><li>She was, unusually, hired outside of another hiring process for non-executive directors.</li><li>The government defended its handling of the hiring, including deleting job ads linked to the roles.</li></ul>The British government defended deleting details on the appointments process for department board members, following scrutiny of the non-executive director (NED) system in Whitehall.It stems from criticism around the hiring of Gina Coladangelo, an aide to former Health Secretary Matt Hancock who was revealed to be his lover in a tabloid newspaper sting.Uproar over video showing the two kissing in his ministerial office - a breach of social-distancing regulations - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-health-secretary-matt-hancock-resigns-amid-scandal-2021-6?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">led to Hancock resigning</a>.During Hancock's tenure, Coladangelo was given a job as a NED for the health department with unusual speed.At the same time, department officials ran a slower hiring process for four other NED vacancies, only one of which was filled.NEDs are paid £15,000 ($20,600) for 15 to 20 days of work a year.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published ads for the job on August 19, 2020, with an expected closure date of September 11, <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200831054452/https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/non-executive-board-member-nebm-department-of-health-and-social-care/">according to a copy of the ad stored by the National Archives</a>.Coladangelo was appointed on September 1, before the initial application period was due to end.By September 17, <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200917115035tf_/https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/">the page was taken down</a>.Old links to it - such as one on the DHSC <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6701776180254687232/">LinkedIn page</a> - automatically redirect to the public appointments homepage. It means the government is no longer hosting a record of any details on the timing of the application process or who was on the interview panel. As <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/21/matt-hancock-in-new-sleaze-row-over-hiring-of-gina-coladangelo-14966856">reported by Metro.co.uk</a>, campaigners questioned the integrity of the process that saw Coladangelo put on the government payroll while others were still being invited to apply.The Good Law Project, a campaigning group, <a href="https://goodlawproject.org/news/ministers-ignored-government-recruitment-process-gina-coladangelo/">said</a> the timing "raises serious concerns that Matt Hancock may have bypassed his own department's recruitment process to fast-track the appointment of Gina Coladangelo."The page advertising the NED jobs said that applicants needed the "professional credibility and authority to challenge DHSC leaders" and must have the "highest standards of personal propriety in relation to governance, accountability, risk and financial management".<a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/faq/">According to the Cabinet Office</a>, which oversees NED hiring, all appointments are "subject to a fair, open and transparent recruitment process."In a statement to Insider, the Cabinet Office defended removing the ad pages. It said they were taken down because NED roles are not regulated appointments, and therefore get deleted automatically.A DHSC spokesperson declined to comment on the details of the recruitment process.Peter Riddell, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, is responsible for regulated appointments. He has previously spoken of his "concerns over lack of transparency in unregulated public appointments".The Committee on Standards in Public Life called for regulation of the appointment process for NEDs in their June report, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/993233/Committee_on_Standards_in_Public_Life_-_Standards_Matter_2_-_Report_of_Findings.pdf">Standards Matter 2</a>.Hancock remains a backbench MP. In a letter accepting his resignation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he believed Hancock's "contribution to public service is far from over."

UK government defends deleting all trace of job vacancies after appointing Matt Hancock's lover to health department board

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6380867" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson">Boris Johnson</keyword> told to investigate whether <keyword id="2980743" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Hancock">Matt Hancock</keyword>'s affair with an aide breached official rules.</li><li>Leaked pictures show Hancock kissing <keyword id="11512668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gina-coladangelo">Gina Coladangelo</keyword>, who he had hired as an advisor.</li><li>Former Standards chief Sir Alistair Graham told Insider: "there is a serious possibility Hancock has failed... to uphold standards."</li></ul>Boris Johnson must ask officials to launch an inquiry into whether the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock broke the ministerial code "as a matter of urgency," a former standards chief has told Insider.Sir Alistair Graham, the former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, called for the probe after photographs showing the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, kissing an advisor, Gina Coladangelo in his office at the Department of Health and Social Care were published by <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/">The Sun on Friday</a>.The UK prime minister stood by Hancock on Friday after he issued an apology for breaching Covid social distancing guidelines, during his relationship with Coladangelo.However, Graham told Insider that questions remain about Hancock's appointment of his aide and his actions in office.He said the prime minister's adviser on ministerial interests, <keyword id="11514767" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lord-geidt">Lord Geidt</keyword> should immediately launch an inquiry to investigate whether Hancock broke ministerial rules."From the information publicly available, it's clear Lord Geidt should be asked to examine and see if the Health Secretary has breached the ministerial code," Graham said."As a matter of urgency Lord Geidt should be asked to investigate this matter."The Prime Minister saying he considers the matter closed is just a stock line, hoping people will move on.He added: "There is an expectation for ministers to show leadership. But there is a serious possibility Hancock has failed to show leadership and to uphold standards."Launching an investigation into a member of the UK government remains a decision for the Prime Minister alone, as does the decision on the sanctions to be taken should a breach be found.The Health Secretary apologised on Friday but declined to step aside.In a statement he said: "I accept I breached social distancing guidance in these circumstances. I have let people down and am very sorry. I remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter."In a briefing to journalists on Friday, the Prime Minister's official spokesperson also repeatedly refused to offer any further comment beyond Hancock's statement.The spokesperson would not be drawn on if Geidt had been asked to open an investigation, saying instead that "the prime minister has accepted the health secretary's apology and considers the matter closed."Hancock, who has been married since 2006, hired the former lobbyist Coladangelo as an unpaid advisor during the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matt-hancock-gave-key-covid-role-to-lobbyist-pal-tppg75t5c">Sunday Times reported in November</a>.She was later appointed as a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care, earning £15,000 a year for 15 to 20 days of work a year.A Labour party spokesman said: "This matter is definitely not closed, despite the Government's attempts to cover it up."Matt Hancock appears to have been caught breaking the laws he created while having a secret relationship with an aide he appointed to a taxpayer-funded job. The Prime Minister recently described him as "useless" - the fact that even now he still can't sack him shows how spineless he is."

Boris Johnson must launch inquiry into Matt Hancock affair 'as matter of urgency' says former Standards chief

<ul class="summary-list"><li>UK Health Secretary <keyword id="2980743" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Hancock">Matt Hancock</keyword> had an affair with an aide he hired on a £15,000 contract, <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/">The Sun reported</a>.</li><li>Hancock was pictured embracing <keyword id="11512668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gina-coladangelo">Gina Coladangelo</keyword>, a close friend from university who he hired.</li><li>A Labour spokesperson said when "jobs are being offered to close friends who are in a personal relationship with a minister, then that needs to be looked into."</li></ul>The UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has apologized after he was photographed appearing to kiss a close personal friend who he hired as an advisor, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest after he appointed her to a £15,000-a-year role at the health department.The Sun <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/">on Friday published photos</a> that appeared to capture Hancock locked in an embrace with Gina Coladangelo in his office at the Department for Health.Hancock, who is married, secretly hired former lobbyist Coladangelo as an adviser last year, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matt-hancock-gave-key-covid-role-to-lobbyist-pal-tppg75t5c">The Sunday Times previously reported</a>.The pair met at Oxford University and remained close friends before he appointed her as an adviser in March and later gave her a £15,000-a-year role as a non-executive director at the Department of Health.The photographs were taken less than two weeks before Hancock urged people to minimise indoor contact with others, and he on Friday apologised for breaching social distancing guidelines."I accept I breached social distancing guidance in these circumstances," <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1408384608345993218?s=20">he said in a statement cited by ITV News</a>."I have let people down and am very sorry. I remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter."Coladangelo's LinkedIn profile states that she has served in as a non-executive director at the health department since September 2020, but there was no public record of her appointment, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matt-hancock-gave-key-covid-role-to-lobbyist-pal-tppg75t5c">the Sunday Times reported</a>.The UK's ministerial code does not prevent ministers from engaging in sexual relationships with aides, <a href="https://twitter.com/cath_haddon/status/1408321268269654021?s=20">said Catherine Haddon</a>, a senior fellow at the Institute for Government.But the opposition Labour party said the report raised concerns over a potential conflict of interest.A Labour spokesperson said: "Ministers, like everyone, are entitled to private life. However, when taxpayers' money is involved or jobs are being offered to close friends who are in a personal relationship with a minister, then that needs to be looked into"The Government needs to be open and transparent about whether there are any conflicts of interests or rules that have been broken."The photographs were stills taken from closed-circuit television cameras at the health department on May 6. Less than two weeks later, Hancock <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/16/hug-outside-minimise-indoor-contact-urges-matt-hancock-amid/">urged British people to minimise indoor contact with others</a> to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A spokesperson for Boris Johnson on Friday said: "The prime minister has accepted the health secretary's apology and considers the matter closed."

Leaked pictures show UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock having an affair with close friend he hired as aide

<ul class="summary-list"><li>UK Health Secretary <keyword id="2980743" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Hancock">Matt Hancock</keyword> resigned from his position Saturday.</li><li>Leaked photos Friday appeared to show him kissing his longtime friend he hired as his aide.</li><li>Hancock, who is married, apologized for breaking COVID-19 guidelines.</li></ul>UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned from his position in the British government Saturday a day after he apologized for being photographed kissing a longtime friend he recently hired as an advisor.The announcement came one day after British tabloid The Sun <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/">published photos</a> that appeared to show Hancock kissing his longtime friend and aide Gina Coladangelo in his office at the Department for Health. The photos were captured May 6, according to The Sun, which claimed Hancock was having an affair with Coladangelo.Cross-household contact was not yet permitted under the UK COVID-19 guidelines when the photos were taken last month.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-hancock-affair-with-aide-leaked-pictures-show-2021-6">As Insider previously reported, Hancock apologized</a> after the photos were published."I accept that I breached the social distancing guidance in these circumstances," Hancock said in a statement Friday."I have let people down and am very sorry," he added. "I remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic, and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter."But Hancock announced his resignation Saturday after some <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-inquiry-matt-hancock-affair-with-an-aide-2021-6">called for a probe into the incident</a>."I've been to see the Prime Minister to resign as Secretary of State for Health and Social care... Those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why I've got to resign," Hancock <a href="https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1408836570069753858?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">said in a video posted to Twitter</a>."I'm very proud of what we've done to protect the NHS at the peak, to deliver that vaccine rollout -- one of the fastest in the world -- and I look forward to supporting the government and the Prime Minister from the backbenches," he added."I want to reiterate my apology for breaking the guidance and apologise to my family and loved ones for putting them through this," Hancock wrote in a resignation letter to British Prime Minister <keyword id="6380867" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson">Boris Johnson</keyword>, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/26/uk/uk-health-secretary-matt-hancock-resigns-gbr-intl/index.html">CNN</a>.<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matt-hancock-gave-key-covid-role-to-lobbyist-pal-tppg75t5c">The Sunday Times</a> previously reported that Hancock, who is married to another woman, quietly hired Coladangelo to work in his office last year in a role that paid £15,000-a-year.

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