Metro.co.uk paid MP £20,000 after false homophobia claims

Metro.co.uk also offered Gavin Shuker its unreserved apologies for the opinion piece.The Labour MP Gavin Shuker has received £20,000 in damages from Metro.co.uk after it falsely accused him of being homophobic and promoting abortion.The payment, disclosed in the latest register of member’s interests, related to a Metro opinion piece published earlier this year entitled “We need to stop attaching morals to sex work – it can be fatal” which defended sex work and criti