Woman in Mike Hill case may sue Commons over compensation

Exclusive: Victim's lawyer argues house failed to put in place sufficiently protective insurance policy

A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted and harassed by a former Labour MP is considering suing the House of Commons for failing to ringfence money that could cover her compensation.

Woman A was victimised after spurning the advances of Mike Hill, the former MP for Hartlepool, an employment tribunal ruled in July. An ally of Jeremy Corbyn, he was found to have climbed into the victim's bed and sexually assaulted her in his parliamentary office.