Ellie Reeves has taken to X to call for an investigation into the circumstances of Lee Anderson's move to Reform UK.
Ellie Reeves posted:
A year ago Lee Anderson claimed he was offered a lot of money to join the Reform party.
Less than four months later he defected to them.
Bribery and economic enticement has no place in our politics, this needs to be investigated.
-- Ellie Reeves, November 27, 2024
Ellie Reeves also included a link to a Guardian piece where they quote Ms Reeves as saying:
Ellie Reeves, the chair of Labour, called on the parliamentary standards commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, to look into the circumstances of Anderson’s decision to join Reform.
She highlighted a recording that was leaked in November last year in which Anderson, then a Conservative, told activists: “Now there is a political party that begins with an R that offered me a lot of money to join them. I say a lot of money, I mean a lot of money.”
-- The Guardian, November 26, 2024
https://twitter.com/elliereeves/status/1861829864367469041
You can read the Guardian article here.
