Tory candidate for London mayor suggested in 2010 that young mothers push people who ‘do right thing’ down housing ladder

The Conservative candidate for London mayor, Shaun Bailey, has been criticised for newly emerged comments in which he suggested teenage mothers pushed people who “do the right thing” down the housing ladder.

Bailey has previously been condemned for comments about teenage pregnancies, suggesting that distributing condoms encouraged girls to get pregnant.

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