Boris Johnson has sought to claim the credit for removing Matt Hancock from his position as health secretary, despite Downing Street saying repeatedly on Friday he ‘considered the matter closed’.

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Asked by reporters whether Hancock’s relationship with the Department of Health board member Gina Coladangelo had undermined public health messaging, Johnson said: ‘That’s right, and that’s why when I saw the story on Friday, we had a new secretary of state for health in on Saturday.’ He was speaking on a visit to Batley and Spen, the West Yorkshire constituency where a byelection will be held on Thursday.

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