No Labour employee should keep job after groping colleague, says shadow minister

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he found allegations that a senior aide sexually harassed a former intern ‘abhorrent’.

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said no staff member should remain in a job after having sexual harassment allegations upheld (Dominic Lipinski/PA) (PA Archive)

A shadow minister has said no Labour employee should be allowed to keep their job following reports a senior aide still works for the party despite a sexual harassment complaint being upheld.

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he was upset to read reports about a former Labour intern allegedly being “groped” by a staff member who was said to be 20 years older than her.

Mr Reynolds told Times Radio: “I don’t think anyone who behaves that way should continue in employment in any circumstance.”