Oliver Dowden was forced to deny any involvement in an alleged Tory cover up of the behaviour of a serial rapist MP. Jake Berry sent a letter to police in which he revealed that a number of allegations about the MP had been made known to the party.
Oliver Dowden acknowledged party may have funded treatment for victimRishi Sunak was last night under mounting pressure to investigate bombshell claims that his party covered up alleged rapes by a Tory MP.
The devastating claims are alluded to in an explosive new book from ex-minister Nadine Dorries and were first reported by The Mail on Sunday. Mr Dowden said he couldn't deny that the payments were made but insisted they were not authorised by him Mr Davis said there was ‘no argument in the world that can support covering up such a thing, if it’s true’.
Ms Chamberlain also called for assurances that measures have been put in place to ‘protect staff and constituents’ from the alleged offender. Former Cabinet minister David Davis said the claims were so serious they should be investigated by the police, who are already looking into the rape allegations
They said the matter had been ‘ongoing for over two years’, adding: ‘The failure of others to act has enabled X to continue to offend and to victimise women.’ ‘I want to be equally clear on my part. First of all, any allegations I received about sexual misconduct, I was always totally clear should be taken to the police.
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