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Jitendra Joshi

Tory MP caught in 'Westminster honeytrap' guilty of 'exceptionally inappropriate' behaviour - minister

Conservative MP William Wragg was guilty of “exceptionally inappropriate and ill-advised” behaviour when he passed on the phone numbers of colleagues to a blackmailer, cabinet minister Mel Stride said on Monday.

The work and pensions secretary refused to say whether Mr Wragg should have the Conservative whip removed, or if he should stand down as a vice chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tories.

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