Josh Simons must temporarily step down while Labour Together investigated, say Lib Dems

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to the Cabinet Office's investigation into the Labour Together scandal, which saw the think tank under Josh Simons MP's leadership commission research into journalists' "funding and origins", Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office Spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said:

“I’m appalled by reports of smear tactics by a party that promised to make politics cleaner than clean. It looks like the group that credits itself with getting Labour into government has carried out an outrageous attack on our independent free press.

"Josh Simons should temporarily step down as Cabinet Office minister while the investigation takes place to avoid any conflict of interest.”

ENDS