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Feldman clings onto job as calls for him to quit get louder

TOP Tories fought to save the skin of party chairman Lord Feldman yesterday amid calls for him to resign over a bullying scandal sparked by the suicide of a young activist.

Grant Shapps quit as overseas aid minister on Saturday after evidence emerged he ignored complaints about bullying connected to the death of Elliott Johnson in September.

Ex-minister Baroness Warsi revealed an email proving that he knew about bullying allegations against former Tory aide Mark Clarke, whom Mr Johnson named in a suicide note.

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