A shadow minister has quit her frontbench role after being accused of trying to intimidate a Tory MP seeking to assist a parliamentary worker who raised allegations of sexual harassment against a former Labour MP.
Kate Hollern has left her role in Sir Keir Starmer s top team after the accusations were made during an employment tribunal against Mike Hill.
The parliamentary worker accuses Mr Hill, the former Hartlepool MP, of carrying out a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying against her over a 16-month period while he was in office.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen told the Central London Employment Tribunal yesterday that Ms Hollern made malicious remarks designed to scare him away from helping the woman.
Blackburn MP Kate Hollern Kate Hollern has resigned from her shadow minister position after allegations were raised against her in an employment tribunal. The Blackburn MP has quit her role as a shadow minister after being accused of trying to intimidate a colleague seeking to assist a parliamentary worker who raised allegations of sexual harassment against a former Labour MP, accusations which were made in a tribunal hearing against Mike Hill. The parliamentary worker accuses Mr Hill, the former Hartlepool MP, of carrying out a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying against her over a 16-month period while he was in office.
Senior Labour MP quits over allegations in sexual harassment tribunal
Ex-Hartlepool MP Mike Hill denies allegations that he sexually harassed a female parliamentary worker
Former Hartlepool MP Mike Hill
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A senior labour MP has resigned her post following allegations made in an employment tribunal involving ex-Teesside MP Mike Hill.