Pressure piles on Jowell over split-up

SENIOR ministers yesterday rallied round beleaguered British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell as questions mounted about her involvement in her husband’s financial affairs.

Allies of Ms Jowell appealed for a line to be drawn under the issue after the announcement she and David Mills were to separate after 27 years of marriage.

But Conservative MPs warned they would continue to press for answers over whether she broke ministerial and parliamentary rules by failing to declare properly details of her husband’s controversial financial dealings.