An inquiry has found some stayed up drinking in the House of Commons bar beyond the 10pm closure time, but Matt Hancock insists he left shortly after 9.40pm.
Mr Hancock’s spokesman previously said the Health Secretary was in the bar that night but claimed ‘no rules have been broken’. He said Mr Hancock ‘departed the parliamentary estate to go home’ after taking part in a Commons vote at 9.40pm.
The MoS say they have asked the spokesman 30 times to clear up whether his boss was back in the bar but received no answer. Meanwhile the original source for the story has said: ‘I stand 100 per cent by my story. I know what I saw, and when.’ Outlets are allowed to sell food to those working late, in line with the Government regulations about workplace canteens.
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