A REFORM MP has said he will not return to the party amid allegations about his business activities during the pandemic.

The South Basildon and East Thurrock MP said he had ‘decided to continue my parliamentary career as an independent MP’.

Mr McMurdock resigned the whip on Saturday, shortly before The Sunday Times published a story about loans worth £70,000 given to two businesses - one of which had no staff.

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