Summary
Labour's week from hell got worse last night after Scotland Yard said it would probe claims that the late Blaenau Gwent MP Peter Law was offered a peerage not to leave the Labour Party.
Mr Law, who died this week after battling with a brain tumour, was offered a seat in the House of Lords by a 'high-ranking politician', his widow Trish said. Her version of events is backed up today by the Rector of Ebbw Vale, Geoff Waggett, a close friend of the Law family.See the full content of this document
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Scotland Yard Probe Peerage Bribe Claim by Rebel Welsh Mp
Mr Law, then an Assembly Member, left the party last year in a row over all-women shortlists, standing as an independent and beating official Labour candidate Maggie Jones in the 2005 General Election.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has wri...See the full content of this document
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