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| Mark Menzies quits as aide over tabloid allegations | Mark Menzies quits as aide over tabloid allegations |
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| Conservative MP Mark Menzies has quit his post as a ministerial aide after newspapers reported allegations by a Brazilian male escort. | |
| The MP for Fylde in Lancashire said a number of the claims were "untrue" and he would set the record straight. | The MP for Fylde in Lancashire said a number of the claims were "untrue" and he would set the record straight. |
| He resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to International Development Minister Alan Duncan after an investigation by the Sunday Mirror. | |
| Mr Menzies said a number of the allegations were untrue. | |
| In a statement he said: "I have decided to resign as a PPS tonight after a series of allegations were made against me in a Sunday newspaper. | In a statement he said: "I have decided to resign as a PPS tonight after a series of allegations were made against me in a Sunday newspaper. |
| "A number of these allegations are not true and I look forward to setting the record straight in due course." | "A number of these allegations are not true and I look forward to setting the record straight in due course." |
| Councillor Brenda Ackers, who chairs the Fylde Conservative Association, said: "Mark has the full support of his constituency party." | Councillor Brenda Ackers, who chairs the Fylde Conservative Association, said: "Mark has the full support of his constituency party." |
| The Sunday Mirror reported a series of allegations about Mr Menzies' private life which it said had been made by the Brazilian man. | |
| The Conservative MP, 42, has been active in the party since he was 16 and later joined Marks and Spencer as a graduate trainee. | |
| Before working for Mr Duncan he was PPS - an unsalaried role and not technically part of the government - to the housing and climate change ministers. | Before working for Mr Duncan he was PPS - an unsalaried role and not technically part of the government - to the housing and climate change ministers. |
| He studied economics and social history at Glasgow University, and was elected as an MP in 2010. |