UK politics: government’s former ethics chief apologises over ‘partygate’ Covid breach – as it happened
by Nicola Slawson (now) and Kevin Rawlinson (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#5XTEA)
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A dozen senior Labour women have called on the party to end its use of confidentiality agreements to cover up" allegations of sexual harassment, saying the treatment of two former staffers was appalling.
Laura Murray, Labour's ex-head of complaints, and Georgie Robertson, who worked in the party's press office, said they refused to sign the agreements after reporting an official for inappropriate" and possessive" behaviour.
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