Female Labour MP accuses shadow minister of sexual assault
Source: The Guardian
A female Labour MP has reported a shadow frontbench MP to the Metropolitan police, claiming he sexually assaulted her.
The alleged incident is said to have taken place after a summer party in London in July 2021. But the MP decided to approach the Met in recent weeks, the police have confirmed.
She is reluctant to make a formal complaint through Labour’s own independent complaints system, although she was encouraged to, as she felt his popularity within the party would not help her case.
The female MP is said to have spoken to Labour whips over safeguarding issues and concerns about a “wider pattern of behaviour”.
Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian on 11 May 2023.
A female Labour MP has reported a shadow frontbench MP to the Metropolitan police, claiming he sexually assaulted her.
The alleged incident is said to have taken place after a summer party in London in July 2021. But the MP decided to approach the Met in recent weeks, the police have confirmed.
She is reluctant to make a formal complaint through Labour’s own independent complaints system, although she was encouraged to, as she felt his popularity within the party would not help her case.
The female MP is said to have spoken to Labour whips over safeguarding issues and concerns about a “wider pattern of behaviour”.
Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian on 11 May 2023.