‘You might have to look for a new MP’

  One of Britain’s first Police and Crime Commissioners told Tory colleagues to look for a new MP as he tipped then off about an investigation into the politician, a court heard. Adam Simmonds, 40, allegedly disclosed details of the criminal investigation into Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough. Simmonds was Northamptonshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), elected in the first set of elections to the role in 2012. Northants Police began a fraud investigation concerning the MP and his…