'I see this mission as our core purpose and my personal cause'. Sir Keir Starmer MP is speaking in Kent outlining Labour's education plans. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
The report into groping allegations against former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher is"pretty damning", saysShe runs through some of the key findings of the report and looks at the wider context of the controversyIn the last few minutes, a Standards Committee report into allegations of groping recommended that Chris Pincher be handed an eight-week suspension from the Commons.
Nadine Dorries has also announced her intention to resign, but has yet to formally do so, which means a by-election date for her Mid Bedfordshire seat has not been set. Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner says he should do the"decent thing" and quit as an MP immediately."But what’s even worse, is the way the Conservative party protected him - even promoting him despite a previous investigation into his conduct."Rishi Sunak has been too weak to act against Chris Pincher because he’s too weak to lead a Conservative Party which is too divided to govern the country. "Chris Pincher should now do the decent thing and resign as an MP.
Mr Pincher quit as deputy chief whip last summer after being accused of assaulting two fellow guests at the exclusive Carlton Club in London. It said there was"more than one instance of this behaviour on the evening in question" and concluded Mr Pincher broke the MPs' code of conduct by behaving in a way that would cause"significant damage to the reputation and integrity" of the Commons.
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