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Police 'to meet with William Wragg MP over No 10 blackmail claims'
22.01.2022 - 02:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Police are set to meet a Greater Manchester MP to discuss allegations of Tory MPs being blackmailed, The Telegraph is reporting.
William Wragg, MP for Hazel Grove, made a statement yesterday at a meeting of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - which he chairs - alleging that critics considering triggering a no-confidence vote in the Prime Minister were receiving threats to “withdraw investments” from constituencies, as well as “intimidation” from No 10 staff.
He said these threats could amount to “blackmail” and urged colleagues to report them to the police.
The Telegraph reports tonight that detectives from the Metropolitan Police are set to meet with Mr Wragg 'early next week' to discuss these claims.
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He told The Telegraph that he would give police 'several examples' of this intimidation to MPs.
He told the paper: "The offer of Number 10 to investigate is kind but I shall leave it to the experts. I am meeting the Police early next week."
A Metropolitan Police spokesman also told them: "As with any such allegations, should a criminal offence be reported to the Met, it would be considered."
This comes as The Guardian reports that MP for Bury South, Christian Wakeford, had rumours about his personal life spread by Conservative ministers and whips just minutes after he joined the Labour benches before Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (January 19).
Mr Wakeford also alleged this week that funding for a new school in Radcliffe would be withheld if he did not vote with the Government over free school meals while he was a Conservative MP.
On Thursday he told BBC North West: “I was
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