MPs demand new candidates face criminal checks before being elected

MPS would face criminal record checks before they are elected under calls to beef up oversight of politicians.

The demands come as Labour MP Dan Norris faces serious sexual abuse allegations and amid claims that another MP committed a sex assault before being elected.

It also emerged that Reform UK MP James McMurdock had a conviction for attacking a former girlfriend before being elected.

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