Boris Johnson may pay political price for not sacking Matt Hancock

By protecting his health secretary, the UK Prime Minister has reminded voters of his own shortcomings

The question now troubling senior Tories, is why didn’t Prime Minister Boris Johnson sack Matt Hancock.

Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock was always going to have to resign, after those already-notorious pictures of him embracing a colleague on taxpayers’ time emerged on Friday morning.

The question now troubling senior Tories, is why didn’t Prime Minister Boris Johnson sack him.