Tom Pursglove was pictured campaigning alongside the former Tory MP, who is suspended from the Commons.
The prime minister has full confidence in minister Tom Pursglove, after he was pictured campaigning with suspended MP Peter Bone, Downing Street has said.Labour said this was "completely inappropriate".
Asked whether Rishi Sunak still had confidence in Mr Pursglove, who is a minister in the department for work and pensions, the PM's spokesman said: "Yes. Obviously those are political issues in terms of campaigning stuff, so probably one for my political colleagues."Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to Mr Sunak to ask if the campaigning was sanctioned by the Tory party and what action would be taken against Mr Pursglove.
The alleged victim told the BBC "physical, emotional and psychological abuse" by the MP left him a "broken shell of the young man I once was".Last week, MPs approved the six-week suspension recommended by the watchdog, triggering a recall petition. Mr Bone won the seat with an 18,500 majority in 2019 but the prime minister has admitted any by-election would be "difficult" for the Tories.
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