Senior Tory MP to keep whip during sexting scandal investigation

Party source says William Wragg will not face suspension for now after giving phone numbers of colleagues to Grindr app contact

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A senior Conservative MP will keep the whip while the party investigates his role in a sexting scandal.

A Conservative source said William Wragg, the Tory MP for Hazel Grove, would not be suspended from the party whip for now amid concerns that he is also a victim.