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Dad blasts Tory ‘bullying cover-up’ They refuse cops’ evidence request

This shows the Tories are very secretive, determined to keep everything under wraps RAY JOHNSON DAD OF TRAGIC PARTY ACTIVIST ELLIOTT

tion with Clarke in a Westminster pub. The summary of the Clifford Chance report identified 13 alleged victims of bullying by Clarke over a 20-month period, including six claims of “sexually inappropriate behaviour”. Clarke, director of the party’s 2015 battlebus campaign, has denied wrongdoing. A spokeswoman for British Transport Police said yesterday: “In response to your inquiry about Elliott Johnson and a report commissioned by the Conservative Party I can confirm we made requests for the report but have not yet received it.” She said a coroner ruled Elliott’s death was suicide but police would look at any new information. A Tory spokesman failed to explain why the party had not given the report to police. But he said: “We released as much of the report as was possible, bearing in mind that a commitment was made that the people who spoke to Clifford Chance could do so in confidence. We always said the findings would be published in a way that protected potentially vulnerable young people.” It comes after the Electoral Commission took the Tory party to the High Court to force it to disclose documents during a separate election fraud probe. It related to Roadtrip2015 – the campaign led by Clarke where busloads of party volunteers visited marginal constituencies. The Mirror revealed last year that more than two dozen candidates were helped by the buses but did not declare it. Failing to declare election spending is a crime and at least 14 MPS are waiting to hear if they will be charged. Theresa May’s party was last month fined a record £70,000 by the Commission over election spending.

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