Tory MP Alan Duncan is suing Telegraph Media Group for libel over a story published in the Daily Telegraph.
Duncan, the shadow secretary of state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform, is demanding unspecified damages.
He claims that a front page story headed: “Cameron tries to steady Tories as EU sleaze scandal spreads”, and an inside page story: “Second shadow cabinet member in sleaze inquiry”, were defamatory.
Duncan, the MP for Rutland and Melton, is also suing over two online stories headed: “Conservative front bench MP in sleaze inquiry” and “How can we rid politics of sleaze?”
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He is seeking an injunction banning repetition of the allegations at the centre of his claim.
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