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Nicholas David Leimu-Brown is a British botanist and academic. Since 2010, he has been Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. He is also a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner.

Veteran MP Nick Brown suspended from Labour Party

Feb 16,2020 7:23 am

Nick Brown MP has been administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation into a complaint, The Bbc understands.

He is one of The Party 's longest-serving MPs but will now sit as an independent until reinstated.

The Newcastle upon Tyne East MP he didn't know the nature of the complaint but was co-operating with The Investigation .

Mr Brown has served as Chief Whip under The Last five Labour leaders.

His suspension from Labour Party membership will lead to The Automatic precautionary suspension from the Parliamentary Labour Party in accordance with party rules.

The Bbc has approached Mr Brown for a comment.

Mr Brown was first elected as an MP in 1983 and went on to serve as a minister in Labour governments between 1997 and 2010.

Last Year , Labour adopted a new complaints process, Set Up in The Wake of controversy over anti-Semitism allegations.

A 2020 Equalities and Human Rights Commission report into how the claims were handled recommended that The Party put in place " long-term arrangements for independent oversight of the complaint handling process".

Party members creating the New System at its annual conference in 2021.



Source of news: bbc.com

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