MCMatthew Cole — no licensed photograph is available, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.

Sector leader

Matthew Cole

director of health

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Public health & prevention

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Matthew Cole: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
director of health
Quoted on
Public health & prevention
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026

“Because I couldn't see other departments' budgets and how it was spent, I had no oversight. I don't think people understood the ringfence. They basically felt they were given the money and it was theirs.”

Where Matthew Cole has been quoted

  1. East London council 'shocked' over £1.8m health grant misusebbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026

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