Former health secretary Matt Hancock set to join I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Mr Hancock will swap representing his constituents at Westminster for eating bugs in the jungle, according to The Sun.

The West Suffolk MP was forced to quit as health secretary after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by conducting an affair in his ministerial office.

He has had the Tory whip suspended with immediate effect, just as Tory colleague Nadine Dorries did when went to the Australian jungle in 2012.

Mr Hancock was among supporters of Rishi Sunak who welcomed the new leader to Conservative headquarters last week but was overlooked for a ministerial job under the new Prime Minister.

He had also reportedly been considering a run to be chair of the Treasury Select Committee, but pulled out of the race on Monday.

Matt Hancock after he signed up for ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Chief Whip Simon Hart said