Sexual Misconduct Investigate Claims Before Formal Complaint, Says Phillips
The Guardian|July 04, 2022
Sexual misconduct allegations about MPs should be investigated without needing a victim to formally come forward, according to Jess Phillips, the Labour MP and victims advocate .
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Sexual Misconduct Investigate Claims Before Formal Complaint, Says Phillips

Phillips, a shadow Home Office minister, said it was not right that Boris Johnson used the lack of a formal complaint against Chris Pincher as an “excuse” for the Conservative party not to have looked into widespread rumours about his conduct.

Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip on Thursday after allegations he groped two men . No 10 initially refused to investigate or withdraw the whip because of a lack of a formal complaint to the independent complaints and grievance scheme (ICGS) at that point. They said it was impossible to deny Pincher the job of deputy chief whip on the basis of “unsubstantiated rumour or hearsay”. Pincher has since been reported to the ICGS and had the whip suspended.

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