Trade Minister Conor Burns has been sacked from his governmental role and had the Tory whip withdrawn following an allegation of "serious misconduct", The Mirror has reported.
It is understood that a third party made a complaint to the Tory whips' office regarding the alleged behaviour of Mr Burns toward a man at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham earlier this week. A source said that the alleged incident happened in a hotel bar.
Mr Burns himself said he had not been told the nature of the allegations and said that his party had made a “rush to judgement”. He said: “I will fully cooperate with the Party's enquiry and look forward to clearing my name.”
