THE Tory Party has suspended the national committee of its youth wing en masse amid claims that complaints of “institutionalised bullying” were repeatedly ignored.

The move follows claims by a former chairman of Conservative Future that he raised concerns with the party high command on numerous occasions but that the issue was “swept under the carpet.”

Ben Howlett said he had raised concerns about what he described as “institutionalised bullying” with Conservative Campaign Headquarters over a period of years, but they were consistently ignored.