Matt Hancock at present introduced he’ll stop Parliament on the subsequent common election to discover ‘new methods to speak’ with the general public.
The MP for West Suffolk, wrote to the Prime Minister to disclose he is not going to stand as a Tory candidate when the nation subsequent goes to the polls.
The 44-year-old former well being secretary additionally broke the information in a social media video on TikTok.
Mr Hancock, who not too long ago appeared on ITV’s I am A Movie star… Get Me Out of Right here!, stated it will no longer be ‘needed’ for him to obtain the Tory whip again.
He was suspended from the Conservative parliamentary get together final month when it was confirmed he had signed as much as the fact TV programme.
This meant he was absent from the Home of Commons for weeks.
‘I’m writing to let you know that I don’t intend to face for the Conservatives on the subsequent common election,’ Mr Hancock advised Rishi Sunak in his letter.
‘I’m very grateful for my dialog with the Chief Whip final week, by which he made clear he would restore the whip sooner or later, however that’s no longer needed.’
Mr Hancock’s determination to seem on the programme, which noticed him eat camel and sheep genitals throughout one problem, had sparked anger amongst fellow MPs.
Members of his native Conservative affiliation had additionally expressed their fury at Mr Hancock’s determination to go to Australia somewhat than be within the Commons in November.
This led to hypothesis Mr Hancock might be blocked from standing on the subsequent election.
The previous Cupboard minister was reportedly paid £400,000 for his look on I am A Movie star.
He has additionally declared a £45,000 charge after signing as much as Channel 4 present Movie star SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Matt Hancock wrote to the Prime Minister to disclose he is not going to stand as a Tory candidate when the nation subsequent goes to the polls
In his letter to the PM, Mr Hancock described how he needed to ‘do issues in another way’ and to discover ‘new methods to speak’ with the British public away from Westminster
The ex-Cupboard minister is reported to have been paid £400,000 for his look on I am A Movie star
In his letter to the PM, Mr Hancock stated how he needed to ‘do issues in another way’ and discover ‘new methods to speak’ with the general public away from Westminster.
He added: ‘There was a time after I thought the one solution to affect public debate was in Parliament, however I’ve realised there’s way more to it than that.
‘I’ve more and more come to imagine that for a wholesome democracy we should discover new methods to succeed in folks – particularly those that are disengaged with politics.
‘The revival of recent conservatism over the subsequent decade will I think happen as a lot outdoors Parliament as in it.
‘Individually, I need to do issues in another way. I’ve found a complete new world of prospects which I’m excited to discover – new methods for me to speak with folks of all ages and from all backgrounds.
‘I stay up for championing the problems which are expensive to my coronary heart, together with higher help for dyslexic kids who get a uncooked deal from the training system.’
Previous to showing on I am A Movie star, allies of Mr Hancock stated the MP had been eager to enroll in an ‘superb alternative to interact with the general public and discuss points he actually cares about’, together with his dyslexia marketing campaign.
It was additionally revealed that Mr Hancock would donate a part of his charge to a neighborhood hospice.
He got here third on the ITV programme after spending greater than two weeks within the jungle, throughout which era he was proven making three mentions of dyslexia.
Gina Coladangelo not too long ago flew out to Australia to help Mr Hancock throughout his stint on I am A Movie star
Mr Hancock was grilled by fellow contestants over his motivation for showing on the present, in addition to his dealing with of the Covid pandemic whereas answerable for the Division for Well being and Social Care.
He was additionally quizzed about his resignation as well being secretary in June final yr, when he breached Covid tips by kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo in his workplace.
Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo, each married on the time, have continued their relationship and she or he flew out to Australia to help him throughout I am A Movie star.
In a latest interview with the Each day Mail, Mr Hancock pleaded for ‘forgiveness for the human error’ when he ‘fell in love’ with Ms Coladangelo.
However he insisted he was ‘not asking for forgiveness for a way I dealt with the pandemic’.
‘I awakened each single morning decided to do the perfect I may in probably the most inconceivable circumstances till I wanted to go to mattress at night time,’ Mr Hancock stated.
‘I did that for 18 months.’
The politician stated he’d had ‘an absolute bucket of s*** poured over my head’ since his affair with Ms Coladangelo was revealed, including: ‘The even greater bucket of s*** has been poured over Gina’s.’
Mr Hancock has not too long ago printed his account of the Covid disaster, a e book titled ‘Pandemic Diaries: The within story of Britain’s battle in opposition to Covid’.
He’s additionally anticipated to offer proof to the inquiry into the Authorities’s dealing with of the pandemic when oral hearings start subsequent summer time.