Matt Hancock‘s TV firm has just £1 in its accounts – a year after he quit as an MP.
The former health secretary’s new venture remains a dormant company, despite it being set up in January 2023, accounts show.
As a dormant company, it has just £1 to its name and no revenue, profit or transactions.
It comes some four years after the ex-MP, 46, was forced to quit as Health Secretary during the pandemic following revelations he had broken Covid office rules.
Mr Hancock was caught in a steamy kiss with colleague Gina Colangelo, who it emerged he had been having an affair with behind his wife’s back.
Once discovered, WhatsApp messages leaked by journalist Isabel Oakeshott revealed Mr Hancock told Prime Minister Boris Johnson before he had even told his wife.
After quitting as a minister, Mr Hancock remained an MP until the last election, having declared his intention to stand down.
He had been sitting as an independent MP since November 2022, when he announced he would be appearing as a contestant on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
Matt Hancock’s TV firm has just £1 in its accounts – a year after he quit as an MP
Matt Hancock (right) came third on IITV’s I’m a Celeb – he had the whip suspended by the Conservatives after he announced he was going on the show
Mr Hancock was caught in a steamy kiss while Health Secretary with colleague Gina Colangelo (right), who it emerged he had been having an affair with behind his wife’s back
The politician was paid a reported £320,000 for his appearance on the series, in which he came third.
Shortly after his success on the show, Mr Hancock set up his own TV firm Greenhazel Ltd, but it has remained dormant ever since.
This didn’t stop Mr Hancock also appearing on Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2023.
He said at the time he had plans to make serious documentaries, on topics including dyslexia and assisted dying.
The former politician was recently slammed by Labour MP Richard Burgon, who accused him of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour and of ‘chasing celebrity money’.
It comes after the High Court this week dismissed Mr Hancock’s attempt to have a libel case against him dismissed before trial.
The case is being brought by former Tory MP and vaccine sceptic Andrew Bridgen.
He is suing the former Health Secretary over a Twitter post from January 2023 in a dispute about the safety of the covid vaccine.
Mr Bridgen wrote: ‘As one consultant cardiologist said to me, this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust.’
Mr Hancock posted a video responding to him hours later, and said: ‘The disgusting and dangerous antisemitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories spouted by a sitting MP this morning are unacceptable and have absolutely no place in our society.’
