Defence secretary accused of smear tactics to distract from sleaze row
Defence secretary accused of smear tactics to distract from sleaze row
Ben Wallace has been accused to trying to distract from a sleaze row after a story wound up in the press (Picture: ZUMA Press Wire/REX)
Defence secretary Ben Wallace has been accused of an abuse of power after it emerged he wrote to Labour and the SNP claiming MPs were drunk on an overseas trip.
The allegations first appeared in The Telegraph, which obtained the letter and was briefed by an…