Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process

Police bring criminal case over alleged manipulation of party database in Croydon East constituency

Four Labour activists have been charged over allegations that a party database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection.

The four include Joel Bodmer, 40, who ran as a potential candidate for the Croydon East in south London constituency but later withdrew. He is charged with perverting the course of justice for allegedly altering phone records.