UK PM’s deputy denies sexual harassment claims

London CNN — UK Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into her deputy, Damian Green, amid allegations of unwanted advancestoward a female writer, a Downing Street spokesman told CNN on Wednesday. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images Green: ‘Deeply hurtful’ claim Green, who is effectively the deputy leader to May, described the allegations as “completely untrue” and “deeply hurtful” in a statement Wednesday. BEN STANSALL/AFP/AFP/Getty Images Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, May said she had written to all political leaders about meeting next week to discuss a “common, transparent, independent grievance procedure” to deal with sexual harassment allegations within the UK parliament. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour MP Lisa Nandy said she had raised concerns with May three years ago about party whips – those lawmakers responsible for enforcing discipline within their respective parties – using “information about sexual abuse to demand loyalty from MPs.” Nandy called for concrete action to address the issue, saying May had failed to act since she had raised it previously. In a statement, a Labour Party spokesman said the organization took the allegations “extremely seriously” and had asked an independent legal adviser to investigate them.