Demand grows to overhaul appointments following Matt Hancock’s hiring of his lover Gina Coladangelo Matt Hancock leaving Downing Street with Gina Coladangelo in May; the health secretary resigned after their affair became public. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Matt Hancock leaving Downing Street with Gina Coladangelo in May; the health secretary resigned after their affair became public. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Sun 18 Jul 2021 02.45 EDT A fifth of Whitehall’s non-executive directors appointed to oversee the work of government departments have “significant political experience or party alignment”, according to new evidence that ministers are using the posts to bolster their own support.