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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aletha Adu

Met police failed to act on Commons ‘honeytrap’ sexting reports last year

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William Wragg has said he was manipulated into divulging the phone numbers of fellow MPs as a result of the scandal, and has resigned the Tory whip. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The Metropolitan police first had reports of unsolicited messages targeting a number of MPs, staff and journalists in Westminster last year, but officers failed to notify politicians.

After the former Conservative MP William Wragg said he was manipulated into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on a dating app, Scotland Yard said it was working with other police forces, alongside its own investigation, amid concerns many other MPs could have been targeted.

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