Even if you don't necessarily follow politics, one thing's for sure, you've heard of Matt Hancock. Controversy seems to follow him around, and it's difficult for him to keep out of the papers. Here are his biggest controversies to date!

Matt Hancock is a British politician who served as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the UK government from 2018 to 2021. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party, representing the constituency of West Suffolk since 2010.

During an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Matt was asked about the policy that allows fracking in National Parks. However, he failed to identify any specific village that favoured the controversial gas extraction technique.

After sharing a poem on Twitter that declared the Labour Party was "full of queers," Matt Hancock was forced to apologize and characterised the incident as an "accident".

Matt Hancock's decision to hire a private jet to return to London from a climate conference in Aberdeen drew criticism from environmental activists.

Matt had the brilliant idea to create a mobile application to inform his constituents of his activities, but it was subsequently discovered that the app collected personal data from users, albeit with their consent.

Both Hancock and Prime Minister Boris Johnson were diagnosed with Covid and subsequently had to go into quarantine.

The UK Statistics Authority criticised Matt Hancock after it was revealed that the goal he had established of conducting 100,000 daily Covid tests had only been accomplished by changing the method of counting.

A photograph of Mr. Hancock traveling in a chauffeur-driven car without wearing a face mask was published by The Daily Mirror, causing further scandal.

It seems like October 2020 was a tricky time for Matt Hancock. During an interview on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Piers Morgan ridiculed him after he praised the government's reversal on providing free school meals in response to a campaign led by footballer Marcus Rashford and others, despite having previously voted against their funding.

He got called out for implying that Brexit was solely responsible for the UK's rapid vaccine approval, despite the fact that EU regulations were in effect at the time.

Mr. Hancock was deemed to have acted unlawfully at the beginning of the pandemic when a High Court judge found that he had awarded PPE contracts without adhering to the Contract Award Notices protocol, which required him to reveal the recipients within 30 days. He only did so after 47 days had past.

During his appearance before MPs, Dominic Cummings, Boris. Johnson's controversial adviser, stated that government mishandling had resulted in the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of individuals during the pandemic. He also remarked that Matt Hancock should have been fired on "15 to 20" separate occasions.

CCTV images were published of Matt Hancock in The Sun having an affair with health department aide, Gina Coladangelo, proving he broke his own Covid rules in the process.

Even though Boris stated that he had forgiven Matt and considered the issue to be "closed", att resigned in disgrace. Following his resignation, he also separated from his wife of 15 years, an osteopath named Martha Hoyer Millar, with whom he has three children.

In October 2021, Hancock announced his appointment as the United Nations Economic Commission representative for Africa. This was met with outcry, and the UN quickly rescinded the job offer.

Matt Hancock announces the publication of his book, Biteback, promising juicy information from No.10!

Matt announces he is going to appear on reality TV show, I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here!. There is so much public outcry that chief whip, Simon Hart, removed him. He is also heavily criticised by former colleagues.

Matt's appearance on I'm A Celebrity! meets further outrage when he keeps getting chosen for Bushtucker Trials. People are divided between whether this is giving him more airtime or it's "giving him what he deserves".

A week before the publishing of his book Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story Of Britain's Battle Against Covid, it was serialized in the Daily Mail. He complains about the backlash he received and blames frontline staff for Covid deaths.