Matt Hancock announces he will Give up Parliament at the next basic election

Matt Hancock today announced he will give up Parliament at the next general election to take a look at ‘new strategies to communicate’ with the community.

The MP for West Suffolk, wrote to the Key Minister to expose he will not stand as a Tory candidate when the place upcoming goes to the polls.

The 44-year-previous former overall health secretary also broke the news in a social media video clip on TikTok. 

Mr Hancock, who not long ago appeared on ITV’s I am A Celebrity programme, explained it would now not be ‘necessary’ for him to get the Tory whip again.

He was suspended from the Conservative parliamentary celebration past month when it was confirmed he experienced signed up to the fact TV show.

This intended he was absent from the Dwelling of Commons for months.

‘I am creating to inform you that I do not intend to stand for the Conservatives at the future general election,’ Mr Hancock told Rishi Sunak in his letter.

‘I am really grateful for my discussion with the Main Whip very last week, in which he made very clear he would restore the whip in due system, but that is now not vital.’

Mr Hancock’s choice to show up on the programme, which saw him try to eat camel and sheep genitals for the duration of 1 problem, experienced sparked anger between fellow MPs.

Members of his regional Conservative affiliation experienced also expressed their fury at Mr Hancock’s choice to head to Australia, instead than sit in the Commons through November.

This led to speculation that Mr Hancock could be blocked from standing all over again at the up coming election.

The former Cupboard minister is documented to have been paid £400,000 for his appearance on I’m A Celebrity.

He has also declared a £45,000 rate immediately after signing up to Channel 4 exhibit Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

Matt Hancock wrote to the Prime Minister to reveal he will not stand as a Tory applicant when the country next goes to the polls

In his letter to the PM, Mr Hancock described how he desired to ‘do issues differently’ and to investigate ‘new techniques to communicate’ with the British general public away from Westminster

The ex-Cupboard minister is reported to have been paid £400,000 for his look on I am A Superstar

In his letter to the PM, Mr Hancock reported how he wanted to ‘do things differently’ and check out ‘new strategies to communicate’ with the general public away from Westminster.

He added: ‘There was a time when I imagined the only way to impact public debate was in Parliament, but I’ve realised you can find far extra to it than that.

‘I have ever more come to believe that for a balanced democracy we need to discover new strategies to reach persons – specifically people who are disengaged with politics.

‘The revival of present day conservatism about the future decade will I suspect consider location as considerably outside the house Parliament as in it.

‘For my portion, I want to do items in different ways. I have found out a total new world of possibilities which I am enthusiastic to take a look at – new methods for me to converse with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.

‘I look ahead to championing the concerns that are pricey to my heart, like far better aid for dyslexic children who get a uncooked offer from the schooling program.’ 

Prior to showing on I am A Superstar, allies of Mr Hancock said the MP experienced been eager to sign up for an ‘amazing prospect to have interaction with the general public and talk about challenges he truly cares about’, which includes his dyslexia campaign.

It was also revealed that Mr Hancock would donate section of his fee to a neighborhood hospice.

He arrived third on the ITV programme soon after shelling out more than two months in the jungle, through which time he was revealed creating 3 mentions of dyslexia.

Gina Coladangelo not too long ago flew out to Australia to help Mr Hancock through his stint on I am A Celeb

Mr Hancock was grilled by fellow contestants above his inspiration for showing up on the present, as nicely as his dealing with of the Covid pandemic although in charge of the Department for Wellbeing and Social Care.

He was also quizzed about his resignation as wellness secretary in June last calendar year, when he breached Covid guidelines by kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo in his workplace.

Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo, who have been both equally married at the time, have continued their relationship and she flew out to Australia to support him in the course of I am A Celeb.

In a new job interview with the Day-to-day Mail, Mr Hancock pleaded for ‘forgiveness for the human error’ when he ‘fell in love’ with Ms Coladangelo.

But he insisted he was ‘not asking for forgiveness for how I dealt with the pandemic’.

‘I woke up each individual solitary morning decided to do the really ideal I could in the most not possible situations till I wanted to go to mattress at night,’ Mr Hancock mentioned.

‘I did that for 18 months.’

The politician said he’d had ‘an complete bucket of s*** poured in excess of my head’ given that his affair with Ms Coladangelo was revealed, including: ‘The even bigger bucket of s*** has been poured above Gina’s.’

Mr Hancock has lately published his account of the Covid crisis, a book titled ‘Pandemic Diaries: The inside of tale of Britain’s fight against Covid’.

He is also envisioned to give proof to the inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic when oral hearings start out next summer season.