Campaign teams are said to be spreading rumours of affairs, claims about private lives as well as threats to release information about personal finances
salacious rumours of sex lives, inappropriate relationships and tax avoidance have spread across Westminster as candidates begin tearing chunks out of rivals.
The briefings escalated to the point that Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi issued a denial against “smears” suggesting his tax arrangements were under investigation.reported that two campaign teams had passed on information about opponents to the Labour Party, including allegations about financial arrangements and the use of tax avoidance schemes.
And the report suggested an ally of a candidate was seen meeting with a Labour official at a London pub but knowledge of information sharing was denied by a senior Labour Party figure.
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