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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nina Lloyd

Complainants should ‘go to police’ over Tory MP rape allegations – minister

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Complainants should “go to the police” with any allegations of rape against a Tory MP, a minister has suggested, amid calls for an investigation into the Conservative Party’s handling of reported accusations.

Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho said she could not “comment on the specifics of the case” and did not think it was right for “politicians to provide a running commentary” on such serious claims.

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