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12.10pm BST
The Commons independent expert panel, which was set up last year to rule on complaints against MPs involving bullying or sexual harassment, has published a report (pdf) this morning saying that Jared O’Mara, the former Sheffield Hallam MP, should lose the parliamentary pass that he was entitled to have as a former member.
O’Mara was elected as a Labour MP in 2017 – defeating the former Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg – but he sat as an independent after being suspended by Labour and stood down at the 2019 election. A woman working in his office complained in the summer of 2019 that he had sent her inappropriate messages and an investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards – which concluded last year, after O’Mara was no longer an MP – ruled that he had broken the rules on sexual misconduct.
11.37am BST
Continue reading… Source: The Guardian: UK Covid news: Boris Johnson cancels trip to India as pressure grows for it to be added to travel red list ———