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Tory MP loses whip after claims he used party funds to pay ‘bad people’
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 17, 2024 07:27pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | PA Media |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 10:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Conservative MP has lost the party whip after an investigation was launched following claims that he misused campaign funds.
Mark Menzies, 52, also faced allegations that 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.
The Fylde MP disputes the allegations reported by the Times, but the Conservative party is looking into the claims and taking them seriously. A spokesperson for the chief whip, Simon Hart, said on Wednesday night: “Following a call with the chief whip, Mark Menzies has agreed to relinquish the Conservative whip, pending the outcome of an investigation.”
According to the newspaper, £14,000 given by donors for use in Tory campaign activities was transferred to Menzies’ personal bank accounts and used for private medical expenses.
The MP, who is one of Rishi Sunak’s trade envoys, is also said to have called his 78-year-old former campaign manager at 3.15am in December, claiming he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of “life and death”. |
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