Scotland Yard has been accused of leaking the identities of Tories implicated in the general election betting scandal.
A further five police officers are currently under investigation by the Gambling Commission, the industry watchdog, for placing bets on the date of the general election, according to The Telegraph.A source close to the Cabinet Office said it was suspected that the identities of Conservative candidates and officials had been leaked from within the Metropolitan Police.
The Gambling Commission, which has no power to arrest suspects, acknowledges it works closely with police forces after it has gathered evidence against them.It also declined to say whether the names that have appeared in the public domain had already been passed to the Metropolitan Police for help with its inquiries.A spokesman for the Gambling Commission said: “We cannot comment in this case when information was passed over to the police.
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