Rutland's MP Alicia Kearns has congratulated the new health secretary Sajid Javid following the resignation of Matt Hancock.

Mr Hancock resigned following an expose of him in The Sun newspaper having an affair, which included video of him with Gina Coladangelo, 43, who he hired last year with taxpayers' money, as Covid raged across Britain.

Public anger centred on Mr Hancock breaching the very same social distancing regulations that the former Health Secretary had devised during the pandemic.

The former health secretary was also accused of further hypocrisy with him also backing the resignation of government scientific adviser Dr Neil Ferguson who was found to have broken lockdown rules by visiting his lover during lockdown regulations last year.

Yesterday, before Matt Hancock resigned, Nub News sought opinion from Gareth Davies, MP for Grantham and Stamford, and Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton, whose constituency includes the Vale of Belvoir, as to whether Mr Hancock should resign.

Neither responded to Nub News but both took to social media to congratulate former chancellor Sajid Javid replacing Mr Hancock as Health Secretary after the resignation was announced.

Grantham MP Gareth Davies said: "Many congratulations to @sajidjavid on becoming Health Secretary, he will be fantastic. Great appointment."

Rutland MP Alicia Kearns tweeted: "Congratulations to