BREAKING: Labour MP Diane Abbott has withdrawn remarks made in a letter published in the Observer and 'apologies for any distress caused'. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
As we reported below, Grant Shapps has made further allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party this morning.In response, she said she wishes to"wholly and unreservedly withdraw my remarks and disassociate myself from them".
Mr Beattie stepped down on Wednesday after he was arrested in connection with an investigation into the party's finances.His arrest came after the party's former chief executive Peter Murrell - who is married to the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon - was also arrested and questioned before being released without charge.
After the criticism was put to him by the BBC, Mr Dowden said:"I wouldn't accept that characterisation. "Oliver Dowden might not have the highest profile of any cabinet minister, although I think that is rapidly changing, but he is at the heart of Rishi Sunak's operation - arguably even closer to Rishi Sunak than his ex-deputy prime minister Dominic Raab.
Ms Hazarika says the argument that civil servants are"activists" does the civil service a"great disservice". The police inquiry centres on how more than £600,000 in donations to the party earmarked for an independence referendum was used.A key task for him will be appointing auditors after accountants Johnston Carmichael, which worked with the SNP for more than a decade, resigned around September.Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, told Sky News that he thinks his party will make"really good gains" in the local elections on 4 May.
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