A male has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting Matt Hancock on the London Underground.
The previous wellbeing secretary, who arrived third in final year’s sequence of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Right here!, is understood to have been unhurt in the incident on Tuesday, which started at Westminster station right before continuing on a Tube train.
A spokesman for the Tory MP, who signifies West Suffolk, claimed it was an “disagreeable come across”.
British Transportation Police stated they acquired a report of a gentleman remaining “assaulted and harassed” at the station upcoming to the Household of Commons before 9am.
The power mentioned: “A 61-12 months-previous guy has been arrested on suspicion of frequent assault and a public order offence and remains in custody.”
Inquiries are ongoing.
Mr Hancock’s spokesman stated: “The two Transportation for London staff and the British Transportation Police ended up fantastic and the gentleman has due to the fact been arrested.”
He mentioned “this kind of behaviour is a uncommon event” and pressured the “value of shutting down baseless misinformation which causes so considerably harm”.
The spokesman added: “Matt wants to set on history his thanks to TfL and the British Transport Law enforcement for their remarkable operate.”