Labour MP Tony Vaughan has been ordered by the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) to make an unreserved apology on the floor of the Commons after breaching Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy. Vaughan’s appeals failed…
The Standards Commissioner found he hugged a member of his constituency staff without consent at an office event, took her personal mobile phone from her hand to join an online meeting without asking, and failed to explain why calls between them had ended abruptly. The Independent Expert Panel upheld most of the findings, describing his conduct as an “abuse of his power” and a breach of “basic boundaries and courtesy”…
Read the IEP’s report here…
Robert Jenrick told a rally on Monday:
“They say Chancellors are either undertakers or bookies. This one is an ostrich – and when the Chancellor buries his head in the sand, the rest of us, we’re left staring at his you know what.”