Overview

• The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards concluded on July 11 that Lowe complied with the MPs’ Code of Conduct by registering June 23 donations within 28 days
• More than £600,000 was raised through Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry crowdfunder launched in March to investigate grooming gangs
• Lowe’s private inquiry, predating Sir Keir Starmer’s government-backed probe, has convened a board including Conservative MP Esther McVey and issued extensive FOI requests
• Former Reform UK MP Lowe was suspended from the party in March over threat allegations but was cleared by the CPS in May
• Lowe plans to bring survivors to Westminster for testimony as he presses ahead with his independent investigation