Sajid Javid has said that he's honoured to take up his new post, as Health Secretary, acknowledging ‘huge responsibility’.

Taking on the role after Matt Hancock resigned following his controversial and publicised breach of Covid distancing rules, Javid said that he wants to see a return to normal ‘as quickly as possible’.

The former Chancellor and Communities Secretary is seen as a slightly surprising appointment by Boris Johnson after he resigned from the cabinet in February 2020 after the Prime Minister ordered him to fire his team of aides, saying ‘no self-respecting minister’ could accept such a condition.

Hancock announced his resignation after pressure had been building for him to quit following the publication of pictures and a video of him and his aide Gina Coladangelo, who are both married, kissing. Coladangelo is also leaving her role as a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care.

The newspaper said the images had been taken inside the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on 6 May.