Britain's government will investigate how images of former health minister Matt Hancock kissing an aide found their way into the media and forced his resignation, in the latest scandal to hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government. Led by Hancock, it stumbled in the early days over testing and protective equipment. He then accepted the minister's resignation on Saturday and suggested Hancock might return to a higher public role. Britain's main opposition Labour Party has raised a number of questions about the Hancock scandal, including whether the former minister had broken government rules. "If anybody thinks that the resignation of Matt Hancock is the end of the issue, I think they're wrong," Labour leader Keir Starmer told reporters.

Source: Mint June 27, 2021 17:26 UTC