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A person has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting former well being secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground.
A 61-year-old man is in custody, on suspicion of widespread assault and a public order offence, after an incident at Westminster Underground station, British Transport Police stated.
It occurred on Tuesday morning, however particulars have solely simply been launched.
The previous minister prompted anger when he appeared on ‘I’m a Celeb’
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British Transport Police stated: “We acquired a report of a person being assaulted and harassed at Westminster Underground station at 8.47am yesterday morning (January 24).
“A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of widespread assault and a public order offence and stays in custody. Enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”
Footage posted to social media reveals a member of the Tube employees strolling with Mr Hancock alongside a platform and getting on a Tube practice, then pleading with a person to cease following them and making accusations.
At one level, the MP for West Suffolk, who was unharmed within the incident, tells the worker that he appreciates her strolling with him.
A spokesman for Mr Hancock stated the encounter with the person was “disagreeable”, including: “Each Transport for London (TfL) employees and the British Transport Police have been implausible and the person has since been arrested.
“This kind of behaviour is a uncommon prevalence,” and confused the “significance of shutting down baseless misinformation which causes a lot hurt”.
“Matt needs to placed on report his due to TfL and the British Transport Police for his or her extraordinary work,” the spokesman added.
Mr Hancock returned to parliament after I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here!
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After leaving workplace in June 2021, Mr Hancock in for harsh criticism over shortages of private protecting tools (PPE) within the NHS within the early levels of the pandemic, the award of contracts to provide masks and the choice to transfer aged sufferers into care properties with out Covid testing to liberate hospital beds.
Excessive Courtroom judges dominated final April that discharging sufferers who had had the coronavirus to care properties with out testing them was illegal.
The minister give up as well being secretary after being caught breaching Covid lockdown guidelines by having an affair with aide Gina Coladangelo.
He left his spouse when images of the pair embracing have been revealed in The Solar.
His spokesman stated most interactions on the Tube and in public have been “actually pleasant” and most of the people approaching the MP needed to take selfies.
Mr Hancock beforehand introduced he wouldn’t stand as an MP on the subsequent election
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The previous minister additionally prompted outrage when he determined to be absent from his constituency to seem on actuality present I’m a Celeb…Get Me Out of Right here! final yr.
He stated final month he wouldn’t stand as an MP on the subsequent election and would as an alternative discover “new methods to achieve individuals” who have been disengaged with politics.
However after making it to the ultimate three contestants, he stated he would surrender his seat on the subsequent election, saying he realised there have been other ways to “attain individuals” apart from representing them in parliament.
The programme was one of the crucial complained-about of final yr, when viewers objected to the inclusion of Mr Hancock within the collection.
He misplaced the whip over his resolution to seem on the present with out seeing his social gathering’s permission, and Parliament’s anti-corruption watchdog dominated that he broke authorities guidelines by not consulting it beforehand.
His native Tory affiliation chairman wrote to the social gathering’s chief whip Simon Hart to say the group had determined he was “not match to symbolize this constituency”
