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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bryony Gooch

Sharon Hodgson: Man charged with arson after fire at Labour MP’s constituency office

A man has been charged with arson after a major fire at a Labour MP’s constituency office.

Joshua Oliver, a 28-year-old man of no fixed address, was charged after a blaze at the offices of Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Gateshead South, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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