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Hancock affair: What next as health secretary breaks Covid guidance?

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted breaking social distancing guidance after pictures of him kissing an aide were published in a newspaper.

He said he had "let people down" after photos emerged of him with Gina Coladangelo - whom he appointed - and was "very sorry".

Labour urged the PM to sack Mr Hancock, calling his position "untenable".

But Downing Street said Boris Johnson accepted Mr Hancock's apology and "considers the matter closed".

Asked whether the prime minister had "full confidence" in Mr Hancock, the PM's spokesman replied: "Yes."

The Sun reported thatΒ its pictures of Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo, both of whom are married with children, had been taken inside the Department of Health on 6 May.

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