Oliver Dowden responds to claims that party failed in responsibilities towards alleged victims
Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, has denied that rape allegations against a Conservative MP were “covered up” during his time running the party’s headquarters.had a “zero tolerance” approach to sexual misconduct after claims it had failed in its responsibilities towards alleged victims of a “serial rapist” MP.
The former Tory chairman Jake Berry, who was in post from September to October 2022, sent a letter to th epolice in which he revealed that a number of allegations about an MP had been made known to the party, but only limited action had been taken. He added: “I don’t recognise in any form the idea that we covered up, and I can assure you, categorically, it was not the case that when I was chairman of the Conservative party, I covered up any allegations.”
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