For the first time since Covid, it’s the question all of Westminster is asking: where is Matt Hancock? Within the next 72 hours, the former Health Secretary is due to make an appearance in the I’m A Celebrity jungle, with Hancock set to receive a reported £400,000. Not bad work if you can get it. So Mr S was intrigued to discover that Hancock – an avowed environmentalist who distributes insulation advice to constituents– has clearly been doing his own bit of green-fingered energy work.
For, according to his expense claims, Hancock billed the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority last November to clean and service his Aga cooker oven for £120. He also expensed £2,396 for accommodation monthly oil costs between April and December 2021, a much higher figure than those MPs only claiming gas and electricity for their flats. A spokesperson for Matt Hancock MP said: ‘Matt’s rented constituency home in Suffolk is off grid, so it is heated by oil, which is often more expensive than gas.
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