Labour defends Natalie Elphicke after claims of lobbying over husband’s trial
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6MR2Z)
Frontbencher says new Labour MP dismissed allegations from Tory former justice secretary that she lobbied him as nonsense'
A senior Labour frontbencher has defended his party's newest MP, Natalie Elphicke, after allegations that she lobbied the justice secretary in 2020 regarding the forthcoming trial of her then husband, Charlie, on sexual assault charges.
Jonathan Ashworth, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, said on Sunday that Elphicke regarded the allegations from Robert Buckland as nonsense", urging the former justice secretary to give a full public account of the 2020 meeting.
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