Fascinating story by my colleague Tom Ball who worked at a school peddling conspiracy theories

Chris Cash, parliamentary aide accused of spying for China, is to be charged with espionage offences

Cash, 29, will be charged under the Official Secrets Act with providing prejudicial information to a foreign State

Christopher Berry, 32, will also appear at Westminster…

Tory MP Mark Menzies resigns from party after fraud and misconduct claims

But questions remain for CCHQ as its investigation didn’t look at payments from staff used to pay ‘bad people’ & ruled campaign fund used to pay medical bills was not in its remit
thetimes.co.uk/article/3ab376…

Tories don’t appear to be planning to refer the allegations against Menzies to Lancashire police but say they will be happy to provide information if helpful

Extraordinary statement from the Conservative Party accompanying Menzies’s resignation. 3+ months after whistleblower contacted chief whip, declares not within CCHQ’s remit as funds didn’t belong to party and hasn’t looked at Menzies taking money from staff to pay “bad people”

Mark Menzies has resigned from thee Conservative Party and says he won’t stand at the next election

Breaking: Understand Mark Menzies is about to announce he is standing down as an MP, unclear if that’s immediately or at the general election

More on the Menzies scandal coming on @TheTimes website shortly..

Really enjoyed doing this podcast on Mark Menzies with Luke Jones Olivia Case and Edward Drummond

Sex, drugs and a drunk dog. What are the allegations against Conservative MP Mark Menzies?

🎧 Listen to the The Story podcast for an exclusive deep dive into Billy Kenber’s investigation with Luke Jones ⬇️

🔗: pod.fo/e/232a16

Lancashire Police reviewing information about Mark Menzies allegations after Labour wrote to the force. Follows this Times scoop on Wednesday: thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…

'Sleaze, campaign funds and a 3am phonecall: Another Westminster scandal'.. enjoyed talking to The News Agents about this The Times and The Sunday Times story globalplayer.com/podcasts/episo…

The story behind the Mark Menzies scoop: the Tory MP, 'bad people' and thousands of pounds in campaign funds. Listen here: shows.acast.com/35669120-6056-…

ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION: The Menzies story isn’t just a marmalade dropper, it’s a tale so astonishing you have to pick yourself up off the floor. A huge political headache for Sunak - as things feel more like the Major years of scandal (look what followed..)
news.sky.com/story/another-…

Mark Menzies has relinquished the whip pending the outcome of this investigation. Follows this Times story tonight. Questions will no doubt continue about why Tories didn’t take action earlier, they’ve known about this for 3 1/2 months

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: A Tory MP is under investigation over allegations that he misused campaign funds and abused his position after making a late-night phone call saying he’d been locked up by “bad people” who were demanding thousands of pounds | ✍️ Billy Kenber thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…

Revealed: Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’

thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…