MP Mark Menzies has given up the Conservative Party whip after an investigation was launched over claims he misused campaign funds.
Mr Menzies says he "strongly disputes" the allegations made against him but the Tory Party is looking into the claims.He will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons until the investigation is concluded.The MP for Fylde in Lancashire stands accused of transferring £14,000 of donor funds intended for use on Tory campaign activities to his personal bank accounts and instead used them for private medical expenses.
" Mr Menzies also faces claims he made a late-night call to a 78-year-old aide asking for help because he had been locked up by "bad people" demanding thousands of pounds for his release.He is said to have called his former campaign manager at 3.15am one morning in December, claiming he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of "life and death".
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