Mel B challenges sacked Tory minister over ‘what you said to me in lift’

Former Spice Girl, who attended Tory conference, makes apparent online criticism of Conor Burns

Mel B has made an apparent criticism of sacked Tory minister Conor Burns's behaviour during a conversation with her at the Conservative party conference.

Burns was asked to step down from his role as a minister of state in the trade department and had the Conservative whip withdrawn pending an investigation into an allegation of serious misconduct" on Friday, Downing Street said. He later denied having ever met the former Spice Girl singer.