Peter Bone saga shows Tories are weak, Labour tells Wellingborough voters

Jonathan Ashworth, out campaigning for byelection, said Rishi Sunak is being pushed around' by rightwingers

Jonathan Ashworth has accused the Conservative party of being weak in its handling of disgraced former MP Peter Bone and said the prime minister is being pushed around" by members of his party, as he campaigned in Wellingborough before the upcoming byelection.

The Labour frontbencher was in the Northamptonshire seat after a byelection was triggered on Tuesday when 13% of the electorate signed a recall petition against Bone, who was found to have engaged in bullying and sexual misconduct against a former staff member.