Article 6C27T Matt Hancock ordered to apologise to MPs for breach of lobbying rules

Matt Hancock ordered to apologise to MPs for breach of lobbying rules

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Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
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Former health secretary given rap on knuckles for lack of attention' to MPs' code of conduct

Matt Hancock has been ordered to apologise by parliament's sleaze watchdog after it found he broke House of Commons rules by trying to lobby an official investigating another Conservative MP for lobbying.

The former health secretary, who sits as an independent, having been stripped of the Tory whip, was found to have committed only a mild" breach of the rules.

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