Rishi Sunak has said he would 'strongly support' the Honours Forfeiture Committee if it decided to look at revoking former Post Office boss Paula Vennells' CBE in the wake of the Horizon scandal.
19.12.2023 - 21:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Rishi Sunak will face an electoral test early in the new year after voters in Peter Bone MP’s seat triggered a by-election.
North Northamptonshire Council confirmed that 13.2% of the electorate in Wellingborough backed a petition to recall their MP, passing the 10% threshold required for a by-election contest.
The petition had been prompted after Mr Bone was handed a six-week suspension from the House of Commons after an inquiry found he had subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct.
He has been sitting as an independent after losing the Conservative whip in the aftermath of the ruling.
In a statement published on social media, Bone said having a by-election seemed “bizarre as 86.8% of the electorate did not want to remove me from office, nor for there to be a by-election, and yet we are still to have one”.
The veteran politician, who has been spotted in Westminster in recent days, said the allegations against him were “totally untrue and without foundation”.
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