‘How bad are the pics?’: Messages show Hancock’s reaction after CCTV leak

The latest tranche to be published centre on the hours after Mr Hancock discovered that leaked footage, showing him breaching social distancing rules, would appear on the front page of the Sun in June 2021.

Matt Hancock released a video where he announced that he would resign (Matt Hancock/PA)

New leaked messages between Matt Hancock and officials show the then British health secretary scrambling to save his career after footage emerged of his embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo.

They are among the latest set of WhatsApp correspondence to emerge from the leak of more than 100,000 messages by journalist Isabel Oakeshott to the Daily Telegraph.