Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process

Labour has suspended the four south London activists while the court proceedings take place. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library/Alamy

Four Labour activists have been charged over allegations that a party database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection.

The four include Joel Bodmer, 40, who ran as a potential candidate for the Croydon East constituency in south London but later withdrew. He is charged with perverting the course of justice for allegedly altering phone records.