Mr Hancock resigned from the Cabinet earlier this year after leaked CCTV showed him in a steamy clinch with an aide.

"I hope people who watch Migrant Help’s film will understand the intense journeys young men like Eduardo and Osam have faced just to be here today, and think differently about young refugees setting up lives in the UK."

"There was a wildlife belt running between our fences and the motorway but now we haven't seen any bats or birds in any of our gardens, their habitat has also been destroyed.'

"If I take time off, my colleagues are going to suffer. More importantly, my patients are going to suffer."

“For the Duke to be holding out for more than half-a-million in rent every year is an absolute disgrace. It’s money grabbing, plain and simple.”

More than 100,000 Brits are on council waiting lists for a space - a threefold spike. They fill the void for those without gardens.

Thousands of workers thwarted a bid by the Conservative government to shut down its yards by staging a ‘work in’.

"I think it's a little bit cruel and thoughtless, a bit of a slap in the face. The postage must be more than 25 pence," he said.

In August this year he also made an out-of-court settlement with another former employee who accused him of sex discrimination, a breach of contract and owing her unpaid holiday pay and wages.