Labour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan
3 sources·Updated August 17, 2026
Bayo Alaba suspension
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- Guardian Politics·1h agoLabour MP under investigation by party over Covid loans to his businesses
Southend East & Rochford’s Bayo Alaba has been suspended while inquiry looks at bounceback loans A Labour MP has been suspended after being questioned about government Covid loans taken out by his businesses. Bayo Alaba, the MP for Southend East & Rochford, has referred himself…
Read at Guardian Politics → - BBC Politics·2h agoLabour MP suspended as party launches investigation into Covid loans
Alaba has said he took out two taxpayer-funded loans during the pandemic but insisted he had not tried to avoid paying the money back.
Read at BBC Politics → - The Independent UK·2h agoLabour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan
He attempted to wind up one of his businesses before settling one of two bounceback loans he took out, reports suggest
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