Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeLabour tonight made a formal complaint over Matt Hancock’s failure to resign after a watchdog found he committed a “minor breach” of the Ministerial Code. Labour ’s deputy leader has now written to Lord Geidt to raise her concerns - saying the suggestion Mr Hancock did not need to quit “sets a very concerning precedent that the rules don’t apply equally”. She added Mr Hancock’s failure to resign “sends a very clear message that the rules don’t apply to Cabinet Ministers, therefore damaging public trust in our politics, fundamentally weakening the Ministerial Code system and giving carte blanche to other Ministers to break the Ministerial Code safe in the knowledge that they will not face sanctions”. "He is glad that the shareholding in question is found to have been declared diligently and that Lord Geidt assesses him to have acted properly and honestly. "He agrees that any perceived breach could only be technical in nature and accepts his advice."

Source: Daily Mirror May 30, 2021 21:30 UTC