Former Cabinet minister Matt Hancock has had the Tory whip suspended after it emerged he was entering the jungle for I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Earlier today we reported the ex-health secretary is said to be heading Down Under to participate in the new series of the hit ITV show.
The MP, who resigned from his ministerial position after he was exposed for cheating on his wife, will be the 12th celeb to join the line-up.
Chief whip Simon Hart: "Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect."The show, which for the last two years has been filmed in a Welsh castle due to the coronavirus pandemic, has returned to the outback in Australia.ITV bosses released official pictures of this year's line-up which includes Boy George, Mike Tindall, Chris Moyles, Jill Scott, Owen Warner, Olivia Attwood, Sue Cleaver, Scarlette Douglas, Babatunde Aleshe, Seann Walsh and Charlene White.
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