Matt Hancock

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. Police said the 61-year-old was arrested on ...

Following his appearance on I'm a Celebrity he announced that he would not be standing to be an MP in the next general election, saying he would instead "engage with the public in new ways", adding that it had been an honour to represent his constituency in Parliament. He ultimately finished in third place, and defended his participation in the competition by insisting that television was a "powerful tool" for raising awareness of issues such as dyslexia. "Matt wants to put on record his thanks to Transport for London and the British Transport Police for their extraordinary work," the spokesman added.

Police say 61-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting ex-minister at Westminster station.

“A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence and remains in custody,” the force said. The former health secretary and reality TV contestant is not thought to have been hurt in the incident, but his spokesperson said it was an “unpleasant encounter”. British Transport Police said they had received a report of a man being “assaulted and harassed” at the station next to the House of Commons before 9am.

A man has been arrested by police after assaulting former Health secretary and I'm A Celebrity... contestant Matt Hancock at a Tube station in…

Enquiries into the incident are ongoing." "A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence and remains in custody. British Transport Police said of the incident: "We received a report of a man being assaulted and harassed at Westminster Underground station at 8.47am yesterday morning (January 24). The attacker repeatedly calls Hancock a "murderer" and "fraud", attacking the MP's handling the The incident was caught on video and showed the man following the politician who appeared on A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of

Man, 61, in police custody on suspicion of common assault against former health secretary on Tube.

[High Court](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/high-court) judges ruled last April that discharging patients who had had the coronavirus to care homes without testing them was unlawful. His spokesman said most interactions on the Tube and in public were “really friendly” and most people approaching the MP wanted to take selfies. [lost the whip](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/matt-hancock-tory-whip-im-a-celeb-b2216325.html) over his decision to appear on the show without seeing his party’s permission, and Parliament’s anti-corruption [watchdog ruled that he broke government rules](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/matt-hancock-celebrity-acoba-rules-b2230834.html) by not consulting it beforehand. The programme was one of the most complained-about of last year, when viewers objected to the inclusion of Mr Hancock in the series. [shortages of personal protective equipment](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-ppe-nhs-doctors-nurses-deaths-uk-hancock-news-a9460386.html) (PPE) in the NHS in the early stages of the pandemic, the [award of contracts to supply masks](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/matt-hancock-covid-contract-ruling-b1804667.html) and the decision to [move elderly patients into care homes](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/covid-government-unlawful-care-homes-b2066462.html) without Covid testing to free up hospital beds. A spokesman for Mr Hancock said the encounter with the man was “unpleasant”, adding: “Both Transport for London (TfL) staff and the British Transport Police were fantastic and the man has since been arrested. “A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence and remains in custody. [left his wife](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/matt-hancock-gina-coladangelo-wife-b2238558.html) when photographs of the pair embracing were published in The Sun. “Matt wants to put on record his thanks to TfL and the British Transport Police for their extraordinary work,” the spokesman added. Footage posted to social media shows a member of the Tube staff walking with Mr Hancock along a platform and getting on a Tube train, then pleading with a man to stop following them and making accusations. A 61-year-old man is in custody, on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence, after an incident at Westminster Underground station, A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground.

Geza Tarjanyi, from Leyland, Lancashire, will appear in court next month charged with common assault and two public order offences, British Transport Police ...

“Matt wants to put on record his thanks to TfL and the British Transport Police for their extraordinary work,” the spokesman added. [British Transport Police](/topic/british-transport-police) said they received a report of a man being “assaulted and harassed” at the station next to the House of Commons before 9am. [Westminster](/topic/westminster) station before continuing on a [Tube](/topic/tube) train.

Geza Tarjanyi, 61, from Leyland in Lancashire, will appear in court next month, accused of common assault and two public order offences, British Transport ...

Mr Hancock also angered colleagues and constituents by flying to the Australian jungle to appear on I’m A Celebrity… but won some sympathy from TV voters to come third. After the arrest, Mr Hancock’s spokesman said: “Both Transport for London staff and the British Transport Police were fantastic and the man has since been arrested.”

A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting Matt Hanock on Tuesday, January 24 and has now been charged.

[Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/), who appeared to be pushed by the man when at the top of an escalator, told someone sitting next to him: "I don't think this aggression is appropriate." [Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) is understood to have been unhurt after the alleged attack. [the man](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/): "Please stop doing this." [Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) a "murderer" and "fraud", attacking the MP's handling the [coronavirus](/news/coronavirus/) pandemic. [Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) at the Westminster Underground station and harassed him. [British Transport Police](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) said that officers were called over reports of a man being harassed just before 9am.

Geza Tarjanyi, 61 and from Leyland, Lancashire, has been charged with common assault and two public order offences, British Transport Police said. He has been ...

Get Me Out of Here, which saw him trade Westminster for the Australian jungle. The encounter continued on a Tube train. Following his appearance on I'm a Celebrity he announced that he would not be standing to be an MP in the next general election, saying he would instead "engage with the public in new ways".

Police arrest a 61-year-old man over what the MP's spokesman says was an "unpleasant encounter".

Following his appearance on I'm a Celebrity he announced that he would not be standing to be an MP in the next general election, saying he would instead "engage with the public in new ways", adding that it had been an honour to represent his constituency in Parliament. He ultimately finished in third place, and defended his participation in the competition by insisting that television was a "powerful tool" for raising awareness of issues such as dyslexia. "Matt wants to put on record his thanks to Transport for London and the British Transport Police for their extraordinary work," the spokesman added.

Geza Tarjanyi accused of attack on former health secretary and two public order offences, police say.

Hancock angered colleagues and constituents by jetting to the Australian jungle to appear on I’m a Celebrity … but won some sympathy from TV voters to come third. After the arrest, Hancock’s spokesperson said: “Both Transport for London staff and the British Transport Police were fantastic and the man has since been arrested.” He added that “this sort of behaviour is a rare occurrence” and emphasised the “importance of shutting down baseless misinformation, which causes so much harm”.

A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting Matt Hanock on Tuesday, January 24 and has now been charged.

[Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/), who appeared to be pushed by the man when at the top of an escalator, told someone sitting next to him: "I don't think this aggression is appropriate." [Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) is understood to have been unhurt after the alleged attack. [the man](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/): "Please stop doing this." [Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) a "murderer" and "fraud", attacking the MP's handling the [coronavirus](/news/coronavirus/) pandemic. [Mr Hancock](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) at the Westminster Underground station and harassed him. [British Transport Police](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23276736.matt-hancock-assault-man-arrested-incident-london/) said that officers were called over reports of a man being harassed just before 9am.

61-year-old Geza Tarjanyi, from Leyland in Lancashire, has been charged with common assault and two public order offences, in connection to a man being ...

[leading](https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-health-secretary-matt-hancock-quits/) the U.K.’s pandemic response as health secretary, but also for taking part in [reality TV shows](https://www.politico.eu/article/matt-hancock-not-doing-more-reality-tv-announce-exit-from-parliament/), most famously the cast of I’m A Celebrity … [media outlets](https://news.sky.com/story/man-charged-with-assaulting-matt-hancock-on-london-underground-12795841) report that the man being assaulted and harassed is former U.K. He is not thought to have been hurt in the incident.

Geza Tarjanyi, 61, from Leyland in Lancashire, will appear in court next month, accused of common assault and two public order offences, British Transport ...

Mr Hancock also angered colleagues and constituents by flying to the Australian jungle to appear on I’m A Celebrity… but won some sympathy from TV voters to come third. After the arrest, Mr Hancock’s spokesman said: “Both Transport for London staff and the British Transport Police were fantastic and the man has since been arrested.”

MP who lost Tory whip after appearing to compare vaccines to Holocaust says he is suing Hancock for defamation.

I will allow Matt three days to apologise publicly for calling me an antisemite and racist or he will be contacted by my legal team.” In the days after the original remarks, he also said he was not racist and was “speaking to a legal team who will commence action against those who have led the call suggesting that I am”. The MP for North West Leicestershire threatened to take legal action against Hancock if he did not publicly apologise within three days.

The North West Leicestershire MP was stripped of the Tory whip after appearing to compare Covid-19 vaccines with the Holocaust.

He tweeted on Thursday: “I can confirm that Matt Hancock had a legal letter before action from Bad Law Team on my behalf regarding defamation on Monday.” In the days after the original remarks, he also said he was not racist and was “speaking to a legal team who will commence action against those who have led the call suggesting that I am”. Mr Bridgen had already threatened legal action against Mr Hancock in relation to a tweet criticising the comments, with the North West Leicestershire MP tweeting that he would “allow Matt three days to apologise publicy [sic] for calling me an antisemite and racist or he will be contacted by my legal team”.

Former health secretary accused Tory MP of 'anti-Semitic, anti-vax conspiracy theories' after he compared vaccines to Holocaust.

Mr Hancock’s spokesman told The Telegraph: “What Matt said was obviously not libellous, and he stands by his comments. I will allow Matt three days to apologise publicly for calling me an anti-Semite and racist or he will be contacted by my legal team”. It’s an issue of The letter said he should “apologise for the tweet complained of – both orally in the House of Commons – and in writing on Mr Hancock’s personal Twitter account”. According to the seven-page “letter before action”, Mr Bridgen wants Mr Hancock to “retract and delete the defamatory statement contained in the tweet complained of with immediate effect”. [over comments he made about the vaccine](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/01/12/rishi-sunak-news-latest-strikes-starmer-labour-nhs-inflation/) this month, wants Mr Hancock to pay damages to a legal fund for “people seeking collective redress for vaccine harms”.