Matt Hancock should quit I Am A Celebrity and 'do his job,' demands Keir Starmer

The Labor leader punched the ex-health secretary, who was covered in bugs and sludge last night during his first Bushtucker trial since his entry into the jungle

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Under fire Tory MP Matt Hancock should leave the I'm a Celebrity jungle and return to Parliament to 'do his job', Keir Starmer has demanded.

As the former health secretary appeared on the hit ITV reality show last night for his first Bushtucker trial, the Labor leader said he should 'go voluntarily'.

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Speaking on BBC Radio Humberside, Mr Starmer said the former Cabinet minister was 'wrong' to take part in the scheme while receiving an MP salary.

Answering questions from listeners, he said: 'He should go back to Westminster, he should go back to Parliament and do his job.

Mr. Starmer said he was "very committed" to the issue, saying "He should leave voluntarily and go back to Parliament and do his job".

Labour leader Keir Starmer says the former health secretary should leave the jungle (

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He also denounced his record as Health Secretary under Boris Johnson, telling the radio host: 'It's not like he's a great guy anyway.

"He's not a guy who rolled up his sleeves and became the nation's champion. His reputation was pretty bad before he even started this."

The blistering attack came after a senior Tory suggested that hundreds of MPs and peers had downloaded t...