Downing Street refused to comment eight times about whether the Tory Minister broke covid laws. Hancock apologised after images emerged earlier today of him kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo who he appointed in his office at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The CCTV images are believed to have been taken on May 6 when UK Government guidance urged people to stay two metres apart and avoid "face to face contact".
Laws in England also banned indoor social gatherings of people from different households.Prior to May 17, gatherings indoor between people from different household were against the law unless they fell under an exemption such as “reasonably necessary” for work.A Downing Street spokesman said that the Prime Minister.