Labour asks government to explain failure to investigate Matt Hancock

Senior party figures tell attorney general there is clear evidence' of breach of distancing rules

Labour has formally sought an explanation from the government as to why there has been no investigation into whether Matt Hancock broke the law during his relationship with an aide, despite what the party called clear evidence" of a breach.

The Labour request, in a letter to the attorney general, Michael Ellis, comes as a political thinktank argued that Hancock's behaviour highlighted the need for the ministerial code to be underpinned by law.