Former Labour NEC Member Bex Bailey Was Raped At Party Event - But Discouraged From Reporting Attack

A former member of Labour’s ruling NEC has revealed that she was raped during a party event - but was discouraged from reporting the assault.Bex Bailey, a former Parliamentary aide to leadership contender Liz Kendall, told BBC Radio 4 that she was attacked as a 19-year-old by a senior member of the party.Bailey, who told the PM programme said that the sexual assault took place in 2011, called for the creation of a new independent body, free from political ‘bias’, to investigate