as one inquiry into parties here is about to draw to a close, another one is about to open. this time into claims made by the tory mp nusrat ghani, who's said this weekend that she had been told by a party whip that her muslimness was a reason she was sacked as a transport minister. claims strongly denied by the chief whip mark spencer, who said he was the whip in question and called her claims defamatory. miss ghani said she raised the issue with the prime minister in 2020 and urged him to start an inquiry, but that he had told her to complain to the tory party instead. but this morning no ten have said there will be an investigation. we take these allegations extremely seriously, i took them seriously when they were raised with me 18 months ago. very glad this an investigation taking place now. on sunday night cabinet ministers, including the health secretary sajid javid