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By John Stevens Mark Menzies faces the threat of a Commons sleaze probe over claims he used campaign funds to pay “bad people”. The Tory MP has been suspended by the party following allegations he called a 78-year-old former campaign manager at 3:15am claiming he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of “life and death”. The sum, which rose to £6,500, was eventually paid by his office manager from her personal bank account and subsequently reimbursed from funds raised from party donors. Lancashire Police are looking into the claims about the 52-year-old Fylde MP. Now Mr Menzies co…

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