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Michael Fallon, 65, to the scandal, Mrs May is praying she will not also see her close friend and First Secretary of State Damian Green, 61, being forced to resign.
Tory activist Kate Maltby, 31, claims that Mr Green may have fleetingly touched her knee in 2015 and sent her a “suggestive” text message when she posed in a corset Bex, who waived her anonymity in a radio interview, previously served on Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee.
She claimed she was urged not to report it because doing so would harm her career.
The investigation ation has been backed by leader der Jeremy Corbyn.
On Friday, it emerged that MP CHARLIE ELPHICKEPHICKE has also been suspended ed by the Conservatives amid “serious allegations” that hat have now been referred to the police. But the nature of the claims for a newspaper. Mr Green denies any inappropriate behaviour and has instructed libel lawyers.
Ms Maltby’s claims are now being investigated by the Cabinet Office.
Sir Michael quit after it was revealed he repeatedly touched broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer’s knee at a dinner 15 years ago.
She had threatened to punch him against the former party whip and MP for Dover, Kent, has not been confirmed. It comes after Tory MP and former cabinet minister STEPHEN CRABB apologised for sexting a 19-year-old woman when he interviewed her for a job in 2 2013. The married Ch Christian – Welsh minister at the time – said he’d been “foolish” to have indulg indulged in what he called “sexu “sexual chatter”. There were also calls for Brexit ministe minister MARK GARNIER GARNIE to resign after he a admitted making in the face if he did it again. They remained on friendly terms but in the frenzy for fresh allegations the story emerged again last week.
Also popping into the mix unexpectedly was Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, 54.
She reportedly claimed to No10 that Sir Michael made l ewd comments to her when they both sat inappropriate sexual remarks to his secretary. The married minister claimed the incidents – which included calling her “sugar t**s” and taking her to buy him vibrators – were “good-humoured hi-jinks”.
Labour MPs CLIVE LEWIS and KELVIN HOPKINS are being investigated for alleged misconduct.
Former shadow defence secretary Lewis is accused of squeezing a woman’s bottom at a conference in September.
Labour activist Ava Etemadzadeh, 27, also says Hopkins hugged her inappropriately at a student event in 2014, which he denies. on the Treasury Select Committee for two years from 2010.
Today Mr Corbyn will use a speech at his party’s North West conference in Blackpool to warn that abuse of power is no longer tolerable.
His remarks follow criticism for appointing now suspended Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins, 76, to the shadow cabinet after sex allegations against him had surfaced.
Mr Hopkins denies the allegations. Mr Corbyn will say: “Labour is committed ed not just to challenging a warped and nd degrading culture in Westminster, nster, and across society, but to overturning it. We must make this a turning point and a moment of real change.”
Scotland’s nd’s childcare minister Mark McDonald resigned yesterday over allegations ons about his private life. fe.
The Scottish ottish Nationalist Party member mber for Aberdeen Donside de apologised “unreservedly vedly to anyone I have upset or who might have found my behaviour inappropriate”. riate”.