Canterbury MP has accused party’s whips of doing little to protect her from what she called ‘obsessive harassment’

The MP Rosie Duffield is expected to decide imminently whether to quit Labour, after accusing the party’s whips of doing little to protect her from what she called “obsessive harassment”.

The MP for Canterbury is understood to be meeting senior party officials for discussions about her future after a party member accused her of moving 200 miles away from her constituency to be with her partner, a documentary-maker, in Wrexham.

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