NO-ONE will be surprised that the government sees nothing wrong in Health Secretary Matt Hancock acquiring shares in a company that provides NHS services — whose director is his sister.

Unabashed ministers who state he acted “entirely properly” did not after all raise a fuss when Hancock’s neighbour and former pub landlord secured contracts worth £30 million to supply vials and test tubes to the NHS despite having no previous experience in medical supplies.

They weren’t fazed either when a High Court judge ruled Hancock had broken the law by failing to publish details of dozens of healthcare contracts awarded without competition.