Matt Hancock planning to make ‘serious documentaries’ after quitting as MP in wake of I’m A Celeb
MATT Hancock is planning to make “serious documentaries” on euthanasia and dyslexia – in his first post-jungle project.
The I’m A Celeb campmate has reportedly received offers from broadcasters to present documentaries on the topics once he leaves public office.
Hancock has previously declared his support for assisted dying and demanded a parliamentary vote on the issue in July, after reportedly supporting a colleague who was terminally ill and wanted to end their own life.
He said: “For 50 years we have had a legal choice over who to love, for a decade we have had a legal choice over who we can marry.
“So let’s have an informed debate over when the end is inevitable and when the pain is insufferable, how we die.”
It comes as Hancock announced he would not stand as a Conservative MP at the next general election after discovering “a whole world of possibilities”.
He added he would explore “new ways to communicate with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.”
It was also reported that members of Hancock’s West Suffolk Tory association deemed their MP was “not fit” to represent them in a letter to Chief Whip Simon Hart.
The MP has revitalised his career after finishing third in the I’m A Celeb jungle, losing out to Lioness Jill Scott, 35, and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner, 23.
Hancock was forced to resign as Health Secretary after The Sun revealed his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo last year.
He was later stripped of the Conservative whip after it emerged he had accepted £400,000 to appear in ITV’s flagship reality show.
Hancock ordered a review of assisted dying legislation whilst in the cabinet, which is expected to present its findings next year.