Tories paying to push anti-Corbyn interview with ex-Labour MP Ian Austin to voters

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Conservatives are paying to push videos of interviews with former Labour MP Ian Austin out to voters over Facebook, The Independent can reveal. The revelation comes after shadow chancellor John McDonnell accused the former Labour MP of working with the Tories, a claim Mr Austin demanded an apology for. Mr Austin had already said in September that he would “make absolutely certain” that Labour MPs had to “answer to voters at the next election”. The Tories’ advert contains some inaccuracies, such as one version describing Mr Austin as a “lifelong Labour MP”.