Social care minister’s use of Gmail will raise further questions after reports about Matt Hancock
A third health minister used a private email account for government business, the Guardian can reveal, as the UK’s information watchdog said it was considering launching an investigation into the use of Gmail by Matt Hancock and Lord Bethell.
The social care minister Helen Whately copied in a private Gmail address to a diary invitation, according to a leaked email. Hancock, who quit as health secretary on Saturday after an affair with an aide breached Covid rules, could face an investigation for his own use of personal email.
