And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
and fewer cancer patients starting treatment within the two month target. there were more than 591,000 patients on treatment waiting lists in wales in february, the highest number recorded. the coventry building society has agreed to buy the co operative bank for £780 million. the deal would eventually see the private equity owned lender return to mutual ownership. the agreement needs the backing of members and the regulator, and would create a merged group, with assets worth £89 billion. it s two weeks until the local elections in england and wales for councillors and police and crime commissioners. voters will also be electing ten metropolitan mayors. the conservatives andy street has been mayor of the west midlands which stretches from wolverhampton to coventry since 2017. this will be the third time he s standing but polls suggest he s well behind labour. 0ur political editor,
cyber criminals who had tens of thousands of victims in the uk. and we talk to the woman left paralysed in a car accident who s taking the reins at a major championships tomorrow. on bbc london: with two weeks to go before the election to choose and coming up on bbc news liverpool have staged epic european comebacks before. they ll need another one 3 0 down from their europa league quarterfinal second leg against atalanta in italy. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. labour is calling for police involvement after a conservative mp was suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds to pay off what he reportedly called bad people who had locked him in a flat. the times newspaper says mark menzies, a lancashire mp, requested thousands of pounds
given where the national opinion polls are. are you fearful of losing? no. what we do know is that elections here are always very, very close. but what we also know is that mayoral are very different to national elections. i think the electorate here has come to understand that this is a job about choosing one person to leave the region. among his rivals, the liberal democrats, reform uk, the greens and an independent. and at a cafe down the road, tea with labour s richard parker, served with an expectation, for many, that he is going to win. mr parker s big idea is bringing the buses here under his control. there are stories of people being unable to get to the doctors, to the high street, to college, or to places where the jobs are. i don t think we can rebuild this region unless we overhaul the transport system. birmingham city council, labour run, is a shambles, isn t it?
are you fearful of losing? no. what we do know is that elections here are always very, very close. but what we also know is that mayoral elections are very different to national elections. i think the electorate here has come to understand that this is a job about choosing one person to lead the region. among his rivals, the liberal democrats, reform uk, the greens, an independent. and at a cafe down the road, tea with labour s richard parker, served with an expectation, for many, that he is going to win. mr parker s big idea is bringing the buses here under his control. there are stories of people being unable to get to the doctors, to the high street, to college, or to places where the jobs are. i don t think we can rebuild this region unless we overhaul the transport system. birmingham city council, labour run, is a shambles, isn t it? council tax is through the ceiling and services are being cut.