'The lesson for MPs is they must be very careful about cyber security

POLICE are examining claims of a Parliamentary honeytrap after a top Tory MP said he was pressured into revealing colleagues' sensitive details.

- Michael Knowles

William Wragg said he was "manipulated" into giving phone numbers after he sent X-rated images of himself to a man he met on a dating site.

Some MPs fear it may be attempted spying by Russian or Chinese agents but security sources played that down, saying it was not a sophisticated plan reliant on information that was not publicly accessible - a more traditional hallmark of state-sponsored traps, it is understood.

The Met yesterday confirmed it was investigating and officers had been in contact with Leicestershire Police and Parliamentary security teams.

At least 12 Tory and Labour MPs, Parliamentary staff and journalists received flirtatious messages from an unrecognised number - two unnamed politicians are understood to have been sent an X-rated photo.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: "The events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern.

Apology

the influential 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, told The Times that he sent intimate pictures of himself to a man on dating app Grindr.

The 36-year-old, who has held the seat of Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester since 2015, added: "They had compromising things on me. They wouldn't leave me alone.