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different woman, paid him the money from her personal bank account and crucially got reimbursed for that from campaign funds, money that had been donated for the purposes of mark menzies' political campaigns. a very peculiar set of alleged events. 0ne very peculiar set of alleged events. one of the interesting wrinkles to the story as it appears the conservative party knew of these claims before they came out in the times newspaper last night. let's listen to grant shapps, the defence secretary. as defence secretary i am not privy to the information but i understand that cc hq have been aware of it for a while and have been investigating and i think some new information has come to light subsequently. as you say, a set of allegations, i note the mp denies them, but nonetheless the whip has been withdrawn in the meantime. as grant shapps said, mark menzies denies these allegations. we have tried to contact him and we have not had a response yet but he gave this

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commenting further. the conservative party was made aware of the allegations in january, party was made aware of the allegations injanuary, when the former campaign manager reported them. it is investigating and says them. it is investigating and says the process is confidential. mr menzies was only suspended as a conservative mp when the times investigated the claims. my investigated the claims. ij�*i understanding investigated the claims. m1 understanding is that some further information came to light yesterday, whether that was true that story or another route, i don't know, which led to the suspension of the whip. but in fact it has been being investigated.— but in fact it has been being investiated. ., ., ., , investigated. today's revelations... labour today _ investigated. today's revelations... labour today called _ investigated. today's revelations... labour today called the _ investigated. today's revelations... labour today called the claims - labour today called the claims extraordinary.— labour today called the claims extraordinary. labour today called the claims extraordina . , ., , , extraordinary. they raise some very serious questions _ extraordinary. they raise some very serious questions about _ extraordinary. they raise some very serious questions about the - extraordinary. they raise some very serious questions about the misuse | serious questions about the misuse of funds and the pressure put on others to facilitate it perhaps more importantly, also how these issues are handled by the conservative party. are handled by the conservative pa . ., ., ., , are handled by the conservative pa. party. the honourable lady mentions the very serious _ party. the honourable lady mentions the very serious allegations - party. the honourable lady mentions the very serious allegations and - the very serious allegations and other_ the very serious allegations and other incidents _ the very serious allegations and other incidents of _ the very serious allegations and other incidents of covert - the very serious allegations and other incidents of covert that i the very serious allegations and i other incidents of covert that came to light _ other incidents of covert that came to light during _ other incidents of covert that came to light during the _ other incidents of covert that came to light during the course - other incidents of covert that came to light during the course of- other incidents of covert that came to light during the course of the i to light during the course of the recess — to light during the course of the recess these _ to light during the course of the recess. these are _

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Breakfast

death. come the morning his office manager, it is claimed, paid from her personal bank account. she was allegedly reimbursed from campaign funds, money donated to him for his conservative campaigning purposes. the article also alleges more money was later transferred into his personal account, this time for apparent medical expenses. at the bbc we have tried to contact him for comment. we have not been able to get hold of him. in a statement to the times he said he strongly disputed claims and had fully complied with the rules for declarations. the conservative party had already opened an investigation after some of these claims were made to them. last night, after the times expose these allegations by mr menzies quickly lost the whip. that means he will now sit as an independent mp. lots of people will want to hear more about exactly what has gone on here.

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Newsnight

filmed, he was still a conservative mp. but last night, he was suspended from the party. it came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so—called "bad people" who had apparently locked him in a flat. the bbc has spoken to the conservative activist katie fieldhouse, who complained to the party. she said that mr menzies called her in the middle of the night in december asking for money. she says he claimed he was being detained against his will and needed money as a matter of life and death. it's also claimed that £6,500 was provided by another activist, and the money was then reimbursed from donations to the local party. the allegations were first reported to tory managers in parliament back in january, but it was only last night that mr menzies lost the whip as the allegations began to emerge publicly. we havejust been allegations began to emerge publicly. we have just been speaking to miss fieldhouse at her home here

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the government says an disputes. the government says an investigation is under way. i understand cc hq have been aware of it for awhile and have been investigating. i think new information has come to light subsequently, i note the mp denies it, but nonetheless the whip withdrawn in the meantime. ﬁnd it, but nonetheless the whip withdrawn in the meantime. and a third day of _ withdrawn in the meantime. and a third day of disruption _ withdrawn in the meantime. and a third day of disruption at _ withdrawn in the meantime. and a third day of disruption at the - third day of disruption at the world's busiest airport after the united arab emirates suffers its heaviest rain in more than 70 years. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the middle east conflict. qatar says it's reassessing its role as a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. but doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians

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BBC News

morning his office manager, a different woman, paid him the money from her personal bank account and crucially got reimbursed for that from campaign funds, money that had been donated for the purposes of mark menzies�* political campaigns. a very peculiar set of alleged events. one of the interesting wrinkles to the story is it appears the conservative party knew of these claims before they came out in the times newspaper last night. let's listen to grant shapps, the defence secretary. as defence secretary i am not privy to the information but i understand that cchq have been aware of it for a while and have been investigating and i think some new information has come to light subsequently. as you say, a set of allegations, i note the mp denies them, but nonetheless the whip has been withdrawn in the meantime. as grant shapps said, mark menzies denies these allegations. we have tried to contact him and we have not had a response yet but he gave this statement to the times yesterday. he said, "i strongly dispute

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Verified Live

but mr menzies was only suspended as a conservative mp when the times investigated the claims. my understanding is that some further information came to light yesterday. whether that was through that story or another route, i don't know, which led to the suspension of the whip, but in fact it has been being investigated. but that leaves many parts of the whole affair unclear, say labour. sir keir starmer, out today in teesside, called for answers. there are obviously a lot of unanswered questions in relation to these allegations, not least why it seems the conservative party took so long to act and whether they've reported this to the police, which seems to me should be involved in this. in addition, labour are asking when did rishi sunak become aware of the claims against mark menzies and is it common for conservative mps to use campaign funds for personal expenses? damian grammaticas,

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CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip

person decide that they're going to take out. now, understand this. >> they don't have a big majority. i didn't have a big majority. had two votes. they have two votes so but a speaker cannot make the tough decisions that have to be made unless he is willing to risk his or her job. that's a no, we come to do a job not to hold a job. so i think that the speaker has an understanding now, again, i came up through the ranks. you know, it's a whip. i was the leader and i was the speaker, so i understood what needed to be done. this is all new very very quick rise for mike johnson, who just before this was virtually unknown even by his own colleagues i do want to get to another huge issue which is the issue of abortion, as you know today in arizona, republicans failed to take up a potential repeal of this 18, 64 law that bans virtually all

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How to make feijoa vodka (and what cocktails to whip up)

With all those feijoas lying around, coming up with creative ways to use them up becomes tricky, as there are only so many crumbles one can eat. Here’s a...

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Rishi Sunak denies lack of leadership over handling of Will Wragg scandal

The Prime Minister was confronted about his handling of the Will Wragg row after the MP resigned the Tory whip last night.

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