Should Matt Hancock have donated more of his I’m A Celebrity fee to charity?
Matt Hancock has donated less than five per cent of his I’m A Celebrity earnings to charity – and we want to know what you think.
The former Health Secretary was paid a lucrative £320,000 for his appearance on the popular ITV show – of which he gave £10,000 to good causes.
Ahead of his debut Down Under, the MP for West Suffolk claimed he was entering the jungle to raise awareness of dyslexia.
Mr Hancock implied that his motivation for becoming a reality TV star wasn’t financial and announced he would be making a donation to causes supporting dyslexia, as well as St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds.
Documents published by the Houses of Commons state that Mr Hancock received an eye-watering amount from Lifted Entertainment, ITV, with the fee being registered on January 11, 2023.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock told the Mirror: “As well as raising the profile of his dyslexia campaign in front of 11-million viewers, Matt’s donated £10,000 to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and the British Dyslexia Association, off the back of his appearance on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’.”
The Mirror has asked if Mr Hancock is planning to make any further donations but the politician’s spokesperson is yet to respond.
Chivonne Preston, Chief Executive Officer of the British Dyslexia Association, recently issued a statement which reads: “We are grateful when public figures like Matt use their platforms to draw attention to the barriers and challenges that the dyslexia community faces.”
Taking to Twitter, some people say the politician should have donated a larger sum of money, as one user wrote: “Only £10k given to charity??? That’s less than 5 per cent. Unreal. He should have donated it all.”
Meanwhile, others defend Mr Hancock’s donation: “Why should he have to give any of it to charity?? It’s his money. How much did the other contestants donate?”
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