MP Rupert Lowe cleared by standards watchdog

Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe has been cleared after a brief investigation by Parliament’s standards commissioner.

The commissioner announced the investigation on Friday morning but has now put out a statement saying the complaint has not been upheld.

The BBC reported that the investigation was for allegedly failing to register money raised in donations via a crowdfunder for Lowe’s independent “Rape Gang Inquiry”.

Lowe insisted that he had only received the donations on 23 June, giving him until 21 July to register them, and he had “demonstrated to the commissioner” all rules have been followed.

In a statement, standards commissioner David Greenberg said Lowe had provided evidence that the 28-day window for registering the donations had not passed “and no breach of the Rules has…