this regard is clive lewis, the labourmp and a this regard is clive lewis, the labour mp and a claim independent, relating to an incident at the labour party conference, an activist saying that they had a hug with clive lewis. "we had a hug and while we were having it he gave my bum a squeeze. my friend a fellow delegate looked at each other and oui’ delegate looked at each other and our eyebrows went whoa. i didn't feel grossed out, it felt like i was hugging a mate. it was overfamiliar, i've never met him before." that is reported by the independent. the labour party say they are investigating a full complaint against clyde lewis and in the last few mac minis we've spoken to mr lewis who has denied the allegations saying "i know how i roll, i don't squeeze women's buttocks, they are lying or they are wrong." he said that those who want to make allegations or complaints are entitled to come forward. we have also heard from kelvin hopkins? we have, the allegations against kelvin hopkins first became public at about 8:30pm last night when labour announced they were suspending his part

the labour mp clive lewis has tonight told the bbc he strongly denies a claim of harassment made againste party has said it's begun an inquiry into the allegation, and mr lewis has said it's right that such reports are fully investigated. it comes as the pressure increases onjeremy corbyn, the party leader, to explain why he appointed another of his mps, kelvin hopkins, to the shadow cabinet. months after he'd been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a young party activist. mr hopkins has also this evening said he "absolutely and categorically" denied allegations of inappropriate conduct. labour now says it will appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by sexual harassment. meanwhile, for the conservatives theresa may has issued the party's own new code of conduct following allegations against several prominent conservatives. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. step—by—step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her sto

it has also emerged this evening that the party is investigating an allegation the labour mp clive lewisa woman at the party's annual conference in september. mr lewis has denied the allegation and he has not been suspended by the party. labour says it will appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by sexual harassment. meanwhile, for the conservatives, theresa may has issued the party's own new code of conduct. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. step—by—step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story has added to a crisis unlike anything westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 15 years her senior, kelvin hopkins, who she says subjected her as a labour—supporting student to inappropriate treatment again and again. the first incident happened on campus and he hugged me very tightly and rubbed himself against me. he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in parliamen

well this evening clive lewis talked to me about the allegation against him. denies them. the first i heard of it was when the independent asked me for comment on the story andi asked me for comment on the story and i obviously denied allegation. i've now read the comments from the person in question. i don't as a rule grope people's bottoms when i greet them. it's just not how i roll, it's not what i do. if the person mistaken? am i going to give them a hug and has this been misinterpreted? i don't know. all i know is that deliberately do that. what an clear about is as difficult as it is for me i will say it is right and proper that there are robust and effective processes in place to allow people to come forward if they work in westminster oi’ forward if they work in westminster or beyond and they want to make an accusation that they are being abused in some way, bullied, assaulted. i think that's really important that westminster clears up its house and has those processes in place. the hollywood actor and theatre director kevin spacey is being investigate

clive lewis came out very quickly after that. he went to the news channel and denied it.not, as a rule, at pact labour party conferences, grope people's bottoms when i greet them. it isjust grope people's bottoms when i greet them. it is just not what i do. is that the person mistaken? have i given them a hug and this has been misinterpreted? i do not know. but i do know that i would not deliberately do that. the third one today, ivan lewis, again a former labour shadow cabinet member. allegations that he once touched an activist‘s lakes and another was about his conduct as a minister in the department of health. he denies the department of health. he denies the first of those and he put out a statement that sort of says that if there were problems in the department of health, nobody else knew about them. i have occasionally asked women i worked without to dinner all the drinks. yesterday, kelvin hopkins, another former shadow cabinet member, that case emerged. today, late this afternoon, a firm emerged. today, late this afternoon, afirm and emerged. today, late this afte

tonight, labour is also investigating a formal complaint against former shadow cabinet member clive lewisdoing. scotland yard is investigating an allegation that the hollywood actor kevin spacey sexually assaulted a young man in london. an official arrest warrant is issued for the ousted catalan leader, who's remaining defiant. an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute gives evidence for the first time. also ahead this hour: two delivery drivers are attacked with acid in london.

clive lewis has strongly denied groping a woman at the labour party conference in september. allegations that have come to light in the past week are wide—ranging, from a touch on the need to accusations of rape and party officials are braced for what could come next. as the claims and counterclaims mount up of veteran of british politics has called for balance, saying this unfolding sex scandal is becoming a witchhunt.” do not think anyone would seek to defend rape or sexual abuse. in the context there is no proof that i can see yet of any wrongdoing, how does a member of parliament refute that? it isa a member of parliament refute that? it is a witchhunt. political parties wa nt to it is a witchhunt. political parties want to be seen to be acting quickly. theresa is may due to meet party leaders on monday to discuss the way forward. a culture change is taking place in british politics that many say is long overdue. police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the announcement came after an actress, paz de la huerta, made c

tonight, labour is also investigating a formal complaint against former shadow cabinet member clive lewis don't, as a rule, at packed labour party conferences, group people's bottoms when i meet them. —— group. it isn't how i roll and what i do. scotland yard is investigating an allegation that the hollywood actor kevin spacey sexually assaulted a young man in london. an official arrest warrant is issued for the ousted catalan leader,

will change later, but currently focusing on labourmp later, but currently focusing on labour mp clive lewislks about harriet harman on its front page. it says the former deputy party leader repeated an anti—semitic joke on former deputy party leader repeated an anti—semiticjoke on television. the guardian says the cost of brexit will mean an extra £930 on household food bills as the price of staples is set to rise in the event of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal. the ft ‘s top story is the row brewing at the london stock exchange over the departure of its chief executive, saying he is being forced out against his wishes. lastly the daily mirror features the accusation of sexual assault made by a female trainer against a top jockey. so those are your front pages. martin, what was that shake for? every paper has a variant on the same theme, people who in positions of power are behaving badly. one story, different protagonist, basically. we start with the times, and this is a very damaging allegation against sir michael fallon, the allegation that he committed an alleged sexual assau

the independent shows a picture of former shadow defence secretary, clive lewis.s been accused of groping a woman at the party's annual conference a few weeks ago — a claim he denies. the guardian leads on brexit. the paper claims new research shows that households face an increase of more than £900 in their annual shopping bills if the uk crashes out of the european union without a trade deal. poorer families and the unemployed would be hardest hit. and the daily express reports on the furore surrounding labour mp harriet harman. she's been criticised for repeating a joke about the holocaust on televsion. but she says she only did it to show that anti—semitic humour is "no laughing matter". now on bbc news, it's time for our world. street by street, so—called islamic state is losing its foothold in iraq and syria. the caliphate is almost finished on the battlefield but what of the children? the families who became part of islamic state? i have come to northern iraq to find those who are trying to rebuild their lives after isis. to meet its child soldiers. its for

clive lewis, kelvin hopkins and ivan lewis all deny any wrong doing.omplaints are dealt with independently. police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. the announcement came after the actress paz de la huerta claimed that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. she is among dozens of women who have come forward since october to accuse the 65—year—old of sexual misconduct. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. netflix has cut all ties with kevin spacey, who plays the lead role in one of its most successful programmes, house of cards. the company said it would no longer be involved in the series if the actor continued to be part of it. the announcement came after mr spacey faced allegations of sexual misconduct from a string of men. a spanishjudge has issued european arrest warrants for the sacked catalan leader carles puigdemont and four of his allies who went to belgium. the five failed to attend a high court hearing in madrid on thursday, when nine other ex—members of the regional govern

clive lewis, kelvin hopkins and ivan lewis all deny any wrongdoing.alled for a proper complaints procedure in parliament. there is no real structure, no overarching hr department that a member of the public could complain to. so if that is what we get out of this it is a good thing. a light has been shone on these murky goings—on. the house of commons is an unusual workplace for an adult place of work. in this sense it needs to get into line, the big companies have a sexual harassment policy and staff handbook. those things do not for mps. police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the announcement came after the actress paz de la huerta claimed that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. she is among dozens of women who have come forward since october to accuse the 65—year—old of sexual misconduct. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. netflix has cut all ties with kevin spacey, who plays the lead role in one of its most successful programmes, house of cards. the company said it woul

the media had been told of his suspension first, three labour mps have disputed complaints made clive lewissure complaints are dealt with independently. there's no real structure, there's no overarching part of the department that a member of the public had complained to sue if we get something done and this will be a good thing, a light has been shone on murky goings—on. the house of commons is an unusual place for an adult, other companies have sexual harassment policy, they have a staff handbook, those things do not exist with mps. police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the announcement came after the actress paz de la huerta claimed that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. she is among dozens of women who have come forward since october to accuse the 65—year—old of sexual misconduct. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. netflix has cut all ties with kevin spacey, who plays the lead role in one of its most successful programmes, house of cards' the company said it would no longer be involved in the series if the

labour mp clive lewis is under investigation for allegedly touching a labour activist inappropriatelym completely refuting the allegation. it didn't happen the way this person is describing it. i think it's right and proper that they and others have the ability to be able to complain about these situations, and situations that happen like that in a way that leaves them feeling confident about the process, but i think we will find a number of these allegations simply aren't going to stack up and, from my point of view, this clearly is one of them. as for the tories, reports say cabinet minister andrea leadsom accused sir michael fallon before he resigned after allegations of misconduct six years ago — he denies it — and downing street said she never called for him to go. theresa may has produced a tory code of conduct with complaints hotline and an independent figure to help cases. tories accept action's needed. it's very important all political parties have codes of conduct where they set out the standards that should be expected of people who are in elected office and who are in publ

expect more allegations, labour mp clive lewis is under investigation for allegedly touching a labourappropriately during a party event. he says it is low and true.|j am completely refuting the allegation, it didn't happen the way this person is describing it. it is right and proper that they and others have the ability to be able to complain about these situations and situations that happen like that that leaves them feeling confident about the process but i think we will find a number of these allegations are simply not going to stack up and from my point of view this is one of them. as for the tories reports say cabinet minister andrea leadsom accused sir michael fallon before he refined dummett resigned of misconduct six years ago, he denies it and downing street said she had never called for him to go. theresa may has produced a tori code of conduct with complaints hotline and an independent figure to help cases. tories accept action is needed. it's important all political parties have codes of conduct where they set out the standards that should be expected of people who are in

and the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied groping a woman at the labour party conference in septemberthe allegations that have come to light over the past week are wide—ranging, from a touch on the knee to accusations of rape, and party officials are braced for what could come next, but as the claims and counterclaims mount up, a veteran of british politics has called for balance, saying that this unfolding sex scandal is becoming a witchhunt. i don't think there is anybody who would seek to defend rape or sexual abuse. in the context, there is no proof that i can see yet of any wrongdoing. how does a member of parliament refute that? it's a witchhunt. political parties want to be seen to be acting quickly. theresa may is due to meet party leaders on monday to discuss the way forward. a culture change is taking place in british politics that many say has been long overdue. emma vardy is with me now. this story keeps growing and growing, it is snowballing. we are next to you think we will head? a big question. where will this end up? how much longer will it ta ke to this end up? how mu

meanwhile the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety at the labour partyference in september. i don't, as a role, at packed labour party conferences grope peoples bottoms when i greet them. this isjust not grope peoples bottoms when i greet them. this is just not how i roll, it is not what i do. labour is also under pressure over labour's kelvin hopkins who was suspended on thursday following allegations of misconduct from a lee young labour activists. jeremy corbyn is being called to answer why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet after this came to life —— light. mr hopkins denies the allegations. ivan lewis has apologised for making female collea g u es apologised for making female colleagues uncomfortable but says he never made any sexual advances to women. this place is gripped with trepidation of what may come next. individuals therefore for their own reputations and others are fearful for the very reputational politics itself. just to add to all of that the fine —— the times newspaper reported this morning the anna soubry has tol

he tweeted: meanwhile, the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety atabour party conference in september. i don't, as a rule, at packed labour party conferences, grope people's bottoms when i greet them. it's just not how i roll — it's not what i do. labour is also under pressure over mp kelvin hopkins, who was suspended on thursday following allegations of misconduct towards a young labour activist. and jeremy corbyn is being called to answer why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet even after this came to light. mr hopkins says he denies the allegations. and the former labour cabinet minister ivan lewis has apologised for making some female colleagues uncomfortable, but said he never made any nonconsensual advances towards women. this is a place gripped by a collective trepidation about what might come next. individuals fearful for their own reputations — others fearful for the very reputation of politics itself. to add to all that the times newspaper was reporting this morning that anna sue briggs was saying and unnamed person cam

conservatives, labour has had to suspend kelvin hopkins, for instance, they have accusations against clive lewiseny the accusations against them, and also the snp has had to investigate, and they've had a minister in the scottish parliament, and this has stretched beyond westminster to scotland, one scottish mp says she was sexually assaulted by a labour member, so this goes way beyond westminster.m westminster the party leaders including mrs may and mr corbyn, will meet tomorrow. what sense do you get the consensus forming on having some kind of formal procedure which people can then invoke if they are not happy with the behaviour, for instance, of their boss, if they are working for an mp. is that sense that all the parties want to be seen to be doing something about it. jeremy corbyn will be giving a speech in the north west when he will be talking about the moment of culture change, the need for real change is now, the other parties have their own issues and people accused of sexual harassment, sexual assault and whatever you. they all wa nt to ta ke assault and whatever you. they all want t

friday, it is the turn of another labour mp to deny allegations, clive lewis is being investigated overat the conferencelj do groped a woman at the conference.” do not as a rule at labour party conference grope people's bottoms. it is not how i roll, not what i do. is the person mistaken? have i given them a hug and this has been misinterpreted? i don't know. all i know is i would not deliberately do that. tory mp charlie elphicke is suspended a day later after serious allegations are referred to police. he denies any wrongdoing. sunday, the investigation into damian green widens. pornography was found on one of his parliamentary computers in 2008. he describes the claims as false. conservative mp then resigns as government whip after being accused of making an unwanted path ata accused of making an unwanted path at a former 0lympic rower and conservative activists alex story in 2001. three tory mps are referred to the party's disciplinary committee after allegations about their conduct. daniel potter and daniel kochanski deny wrongdoing. stephen crabb admits saying some pretty outrageo

another labour mp, clive lewis, is accused of groping a woman at labour conference in september.seen childcare and early years minister mark mcdonald quit over "previous actions" which he described as "inappropriate". the party are investigating. we can talk now to political journalist, jane merrick. she reported to downing street an allegation that michael fallon lunged at her and tried to forcibly kiss herjust hours before the defence secretary left his post. this is her first tv interview. also with us in his first tv interview is 0lympic rower, alex story, who claims the tory whip chris pincher made sexual advance towards him when he was a conservative activist in 2001. that was before mr pincher was an mp. good morning both of you. jane, first of all, i would like to ask you about our story today that a woman reported an alleged rape to the house of commons clerk and says effectively, nothing happened. she was in the end completely ignored. how do you react to that? listening to her story, it is incredibly harrowing actually and i think what this shows is that the debate all

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