Reform MP James McMurdock resigns whip over allegations of business impropriety
James McMurdock will sit as an independent while a probe takes place over the allegations, which he said are likely to emerge in the press this weekend.
Reform's chief whip Lee Anderson said: 'At Reform UK we take these matters very seriously and James has agreed to cooperate in full with any investigation.'
It leaves Nigel Farage's insurgent right-wing party again with just four MPs, with Reform previously suspended Rupert Lowe for criticising the arch-Brexiteer's leadership.
The suspension comes just one year after Mr McMurdock entered parliament almost by accident, having agreed to stand in the general election as a so-called paper candidate.
He won his South Basildon and East Thurrock seat by 98 votes, having given up a high-paying job at a financial firm in the City of London to become an MP. The 38-year-old, who has previously worked for Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, specialising in energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing, ran his campaign with only the help of his parents.
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