Korski drops out after groping claims. Now what?

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Daniel Korski, the former David Cameron aide who was standing to be the Conservative candidate for London mayor, has dropped out of the race after a woman claimed he groped her in a meeting in 2013. Korski had won the support of a number of high-profile Tory MPs, and was seen as the likely candidate to face Sadiq Khan in next year's mayoral election. With only two people left in the race, will the Conservatives reopen nominations?

James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman.

Produced by Max Jeffery.

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0:19.6	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots.
0:21.3	I'm James Hill.
0:22.1	I'm joined today by Katie Balls and Isabel Hardman.
0:25.2	Now, Isabella Story has been dominating most of today.
0:27.4	It's the news about Thames Water's collapse and the departure of the Chief Executive
0:31.4	Sarah Bentley.
0:32.2	Tell us what's happening with this.
0:34.4	Thames Water is in £14 billion worth of debt.
0:37.9	It's also got really serious issues even for a water company with leakage,
0:42.8	which is at five years high.
0:45.0	As you mentioned, it's Chief Executive has just departed.
0:48.6	And it was a subject of an urgent question in the House of Commons this afternoon
0:54.2	with the Environment Minister Rebecca Powell having to reassure
0:58.4	and piece that other water companies remain resilient,
1:01.6	but that the government's having talks with Offwater,
1:03.8	which is the water regulator, as well as there being a lot of behind-the-scenes work
1:09.2	on either some kind of temporary public ownership of Thames Water
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