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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

MP Andrew Gwynne under investigation by Parliament watchdog after offensive WhatsApp messages

An MP who apologised for making fun of constituents and sending offensive comments in a Labour WhatApp group is under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog.

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has launched a probe into whether Andrew Gwynne’s actions caused “significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its Members generally”, it was announced on Friday. The investigation was opened on Tuesday.

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