DEWSBURY'S MP has accused West Yorkshire Police of being reluctant to investigate allegations of electoral fraud in the town.
Simon Reevell was speaking in Parliament yesterday, three weeks after his party lost a Kirklees Council seat to Labour in Dewsbury South amid claims of foul play.
He said: "When asked to take this year's allegations seriously, the police, so the complaint goes, referred to 'community sensitivities' and showed a reluctance to engage which has defined their response in previous years.
"Why is that? It is because all those who are said to be involved are from Savile Town’s Asian community, a minority of individuals who appear to insist that they know best and who take it upon themselves to ensure that someone else's vote is cast however they think fit."
Read more in Friday's Examiner.
