Sajid Javid says camera which caught Matt Hancock kiss is now disabled

Sajid Javid says camera which caught Matt Hancock kiss is now disabled
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Sajid Javid said the camera which captured Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo kissing has been disabled.

He was appointed as the Health Secretary after Mr Hancock handed in his resignation amid mounting pressure in the wake of the kissing scandal.

The Sun published a CCTV picture allegedly showing Mr Hancock, 42, in an embrace with Ms Coladangelo, 43, in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) shortly after 3pm on May 6.

Now Mr Javid told Sky’s Tamara Cohen the camera that caught his predecessor’s kiss has been disabled.

He said: “I haven’t disabled the camera you’re talking about but it has been disabled by the department.”

Mr Javid seemed to question why a camera was there in the first place as he noted he was not aware of there being cameras in other parliamentary offices.

“I’m sure there will be more to this once investigated,” he said.

The Sun published a CCTV picture allegedly showing Mr Hancock, 42, in an embrace with Ms Coladangelo, 43, in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
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Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland insisted “due process” was followed in appointing the aide Mr Hancock was caught kissing to a paid role at the health department.

The long-term friend of Mr Hancock was brought into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) first as an unpaid adviser before getting the £15,000-a-year role of non-executive director in September.

Mr Buckland told Sky News: “Everything that I understand so far leads me to believe due process was followed in the appointment of this person and any declarations that should’ve been made were made.”

But pressed on when Mr Hancock’s relationship with the aide began, the minister said: “I’m confident that due process was followed and that declarations were made; as to when the relationship began, I’m afraid I don’t know.”

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Now Mr Johnson has spoken out since Mr Hancock resigned after facing increasing criticism from the public
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It comes as Boris Johnson has agreed Mr Hancock was right to resign after the former Health Secretary was pictured kissing his close aide.

Initially the Prime Minister backed the former Health Secretary with a spokesman saying he considered the “matter closed” on Friday when the scandal broke.

Now Mr Johnson has spoken out for the first time since Mr Hancock resigned.

He said: “That’s right, and that’s why when I saw the story on Friday we had a new Secretary of State for Health in on Saturday.”

“And I think that’s about the right pace to proceed in a pandemic.”

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