Matt Hancock says he will not stand for Conservatives at next election

Former health secretary says he wants to instead seek ‘new ways to communicate with people’

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Matt Hancock has announced he will not stand again as a Conservative MP, saying he wants to instead seek “new ways to communicate with people of all ages and from all backgrounds”.

The West Suffolk MP, who had lost the Tory whip and faced considerable anger in his local party after appearing on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here, wrote to Rishi Sunak to announce the decision, tweeting the letter.

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