Police are reviewing claims Tory MP Mark Menzies misused campaign funds to 'pay off bad people'.
Police are reviewing claims Tory MP Mark Menzies misused campaign funds to 'pay off bad people'. Lancashire Police are reviewing the available information" after receiving a letter "detailing concerns around this matter", the force said.Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds is understood to have written to police calling for an investigation into the allegations.
The sum, which rose to £6,500, was eventually paid by his office manager from her personal bank account and subsequently reimbursed from funds raised from donors in an account named Fylde Westminster Group, it is alleged. A further £14,000 - given by donors for Tory campaign activities - was also allegedly transferred to Mr Menzies' personal bank accounts and used for private medical expenses.
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