Liverpool Mayor Suspended from the Labour Party After Arrest in Corruption Probe.
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Labour has suspended the mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, from the party after he was arrested and questioned by police investigating bribery and witness intimidation related to building contracts in the city. Mr Anderson has since been bailed.
Merseyside Police said in a statement on Friday that five people were arrested “in connection with offences of bribery and witness intimidation as part of an investigation into building and development contracts in Liverpool”.
“The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation. Those arrested have been taken to police stations across Merseyside, where they will be questioned by detectives,” the force said.
Multiple sources told The Telegraph that Joe Anderson, the mayor of Liverpool, was reportedly one of the five men who was arrested and that Anderson had been “administratively suspended” from the Labour Party while police inquiries continue. On Saturday, the BBC reported that Mr Anderson was released on bail.
A spokesman for the local council declined to verify if the mayor were one of those. Breitbart.
