Luke Campbell under police investigation over allegations

Luke Campbell, the Reform UK mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, is under police investigation after a staff member alleged he showed her naked, sexualised images without her consent. Campbell has not been charged or arrested, and Reform UK says he firmly denies the allegations. The allegations are set out in documents submitted in an employment tribunal process. The staff member said she was shown the images at work and that Campbell mocked her embarrassment. Her account described the alleged conduct as unwanted and said it left her feeling humiliated. The claims have not been established, and the supplied reports do not describe a finding by the tribunal. A witness account included in the tribunal materials said Campbell and two male colleagues encouraged a female colleague to look at a laptop image of a naked man. The witness reportedly felt uneasy. These accounts, like the staff member’s allegation, come from tribunal materials and are not independent findings of what occurred. Reform UK said Campbell firmly denies the allegations. A party spokesperson characterized them as an attempt by a disgruntled employee to leverage a settlement in a workplace dispute. That is the...