Frontbencher says new Labour MP dismissed allegations from Tory former justice secretary that she lobbied him as ‘nonsense’
frontbencher has defended his party’s newest MP, Natalie Elphicke, after allegations she lobbied the justice secretary in 2020 regarding the forthcoming trial of her husband, Charlie, on sexual assault charges.
Ashworth said on Sunday: “She says it’s nonsense – it’s not her interpretation of events. I don’t understand why the lord chancellor at the time did not raise this and why he’s raising it now, but she says it’s not her interpretation.” However Starmer’s decision to accept her into the Labour party has caused upset on his own benches, given her background on the right of the Tory party and long history of attacking Labour on immigration issues.
Sunday’s reports about Elphicke’s alleged attempts to interfere with her husband’s sexual assault trial is likely to add to the unhappiness on the Labour benches.According to the Sunday Times, she told Buckland it was unfair that the case was the first to be heard at Southwark crown court after lockdown, and that it was being overseen by Lady Justice Whipple, one of the country’s most senior judges.
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