Met Police ‘considering’ calls to investigate Tory cash for honours allegations

The force said it had not yet started an investigation into the claims made in the media and raised in Parliament by SNP MP Peter Wishart

The Metropolitan Police said it is considering calls for it to investigate cash for honours allegations (Andrew Matthews/PA)

The Metropolitan Police is “considering” calls for it to investigate so-called cash for honours allegations linked to British Conservative Party peerage appointments.

But the force said it had not yet started an investigation into the claims made in the media and raised in the UK Parliament by SNP MP Peter Wishart.