Labour suspends candidate over Gambling Commission investigation

Kevin Craig, standing in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, suspended as Tories drop support for two hopefuls in election betting U-turn

Labour has suspended one of its general election candidates after the party was drawn into the controversy surrounding betting and the general election.

Kevin Craig, Labour's Central Suffolk and North Ipswich candidate, was administratively" suspended after Labour was told by the Gambling Commission that an investigation had been launched into one of the party's candidates.