MP’s harassment trial will go ahead in March

A Labour MP accused of harassing a woman will stand trial in March. Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe, 55, allegedly made a series of phone calls to Michelle Merritt and threatened her on two occasions between September 2018 and April last year. Webbe was elected in the December 2019 general election, taking over the seat previously held by Keith Vaz. She was elected to Labour’s national executive committee in 2016 and, earlier in her career, was an adviser to Ken…