Conservative party refuses to suspend senior MP who was arrested on suspicion of raping Commons assistant in her 20s
- A Tory MP was arrested last night on suspicion of raping a Commons researcher
- The former Minister was being held in custody in an East London police station
- His accuser, a woman in her 20s, was interviewed by Scotland Yard officers
- Labour MP Jess Phillips has criticised Tories for failing to suspend the whip
