Conservative candidate for Cardiff North Craig Williams (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
The Tories ‘can no longer support’ two Conservative Party candidates accused of betting on the timing of the General Election.
MP hopefuls, Laura Saunders of Bristol North West and Craig Williams of Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, are being looked into by the Gambling Commission.
Both have denied wrongdoing.
A Conservative Party spokesman said today: ‘As a result of ongoing internal enquiries, we have concluded that we can no longer support Craig Williams or Laura Saunders as Parliamentary Candidates at the forthcoming General Election.’
The scandal has overshadowed the Conservative Party’s campaign, with The Daily Telegraph reporting that police told journalists who were being investigated.
But the Met Police denied doing so, with one senior police source dubbing it a ‘poor distraction technique’.
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Tories under the magnifying glass of the Gambling Commission also include top campaign director Tony Lee and the party’s chief data officer Nick Mason.