Peer applies for leave of absence from House of Lords amid intense pressure to quit over video allegedly showing him taking cocaine with sex workers
Metropolitan police detectives fill searched the Westminster flat of the former Labour minister Lord Sewel as fraction of a criminal investigation into allegations that he took cocaine with sex workers.
As the crossbench peer faced calls to resign from the House of Lords over what David Cameron described as “very serious allegations”, Sewel announced on Monday night that he would take leave of absence from the upper house.
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Source: theguardian.com