Sexting scandal: what was the content of business minister Andrew Griffiths’ explicit messages?

MP says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ of sending more than 2,000 messages to two constituents

Andrew Griffiths
(Image credit: UK Parliament)

The prime minister has lost another member of her ministerial team after Andrew Griffiths was forced to resign for sending sexually explicit messages to two of his constituents.

The small business minister, whose wife gave birth to their first child three months ago, also paid the women to share videos of a sexual nature, according to an investigation by the Sunday Mirror.

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