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Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi
Theresa May is facing renewed calls to sack Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi over his attendance at an elite men-only dinner where guests harassed and groped female staff.
The charity dinner, organised by Conservative donor David Meller, sparked outrage after an undercover Financial Times investigation found widespread sexual harassment perpetrated by guests against “hostesses,” who were ordered to dress in revealing outfits and plied with free champagne.
Jeremy Corbyn raised the pressure on the Prime Minister by forcing the resignation of Labour peer Lord Mendelsohn for his attendance at the Presidents Club event.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
SOLOMON HUGHES asks whether Labour ‘engaging with decision-makers’ with scandalous records of fleecing the public is really in our interests
