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Fresh recordings have emerged of astonishing phone calls between a 'bully' MP and a young female staffer.

Arianne Plumbly, 26, was told to "shut up" and mocked with a childlike voice after falling out with her boss Lucy Allan.

Last night the Telford MP's former caseworker told the Mirror she was forced to speak up because of the "slow" response by Tory HQ.

And 32-year-old Katie Woodland, Ms Allan's former campaign manager, said the MP should resign after she suffered similar treatment .

Voicemails left by Ms Allan - who has a masters in employment law - suggested Miss Plumbly could have a drinking problem after she took time off sick earlier this year.

Taped phone calls between the pair and handed to the Mirror go further, with the MP losing her temper and saying: "We all know you’re not ill."

Ms Allan is heard saying "you have to recognise I am the boss".

She adds later: "I will stop your pay because I can see you're going to go on being ill forever and we can't have government money being wasted."

And at one point she said: "I don't care if you think you're going to go to the papers with all of this, because it'll be your name that's up there and what you did that's up there on the internet forever."

The Mirror has tried to contact Ms Allan several times, but had not heard a response by lunchtime today.

Statements provided yesterday to the Evening Standard said: "Arianne Plumbly was dismissed from her ­employment with Lucy Allan, MP in Telford, after four months’ employment, for gross misconduct following misuse of the Parliamentary email system, persistent unauthorised absenteeism, refusal to follow a reasonable instruction and ­rudeness to residents.

"Katie Woodland walked out of her employment with the Conservative Party. She has never been employed by Lucy Allan MP."

Miss Plumbly has strongly denied any wrongdoing, saying she did not have a drinking problem.

"Shut up, you just want to be argumentative": Call to staffer from MP Lucy Allan

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"No, shut up, you just want to be argumentative.

"No, not excuse me, you do not talk to me in a professional manner. You've never accepted I'm your boss. You do nothing but hassle, you are dismissed if you want to be.

"I am telling you, you have three choices. You don't have to listen. You can work normally instead of putting on some unbelievable show of dramatics because somebody wants to use your desk for the day - utterly ridiculous okay, totally ridiculous.

"But bear in mind if you want misconduct on your record - and I don't care if you think you're going to go to the papers with all of this, because it'll be your name that's up there and what you did that's up there on the internet forever.

"So don't think that's an option either.

"No, you're not entitled to be paid if you walk out of the office like you did. Signing yourself off sick after the fact is too late."

(Miss Plumbly says she signed off sick on the same day)

"Nope, sorry. You weren't signed off sick on Friday.

"Listen, if you think you're going to be clever Arianne you are going to come off worse. Please believe me.

"If you think you're going to be clever you are going to come off worse.

"I'm advising to work as normal or resign. We all know you’re not ill. We’ve seen a pattern of it.

"We’ve seen exactly the pattern, I know how it works. You've taken three days off once a month for four months. I've got it all written down.

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"The 17th of July, ‘I’ve got nausea’. You don’t not turn up for nausea. What planet are you on?

"Anyway, forget it, it doesn’t matter, we don’t need to see you again, I don’t need to see your doctor’s note.

"If you want to work normally the option's there but I think you're turning it down."

"By the way if you think you can go to some tribunal - you've got to think of your benefits here Arianne."

(Miss Plumbly says she does not want to be on benefits)

"Well then work, you silly girl! You are such a silly girl!

"I'm not accusing you of anything. I've had enough of it. I actually have a life too, okay? And you have p****d, p****d around on my life. You’ve made it incredibly difficult."

"We knew you didn't want to come in."

(Miss Plumbly says she did want to come in; the MP replies in a childlike voice)

"Oh of course you did, you were just not well enough because you had a little bit of toothache.

"For God's sake. This is the real world. This is the real world.

"And if you want to tape it and go and give it to the newspapers because Katie [Woodland] thinks it's a good idea, go for it."

Then when the staffer suggests she'll need 4 weeks off sick

"Right. I’m not paying you for that though. It’s ridiculous. It’s utterly ridiculous.

"Who do you think you are? You are on a temporary contract. You are not protected by the law.

"You do not have 12 months' service. If you sign yourself off sick for four months the only option will be to dismiss you.

"If you sign yourself off when you have no idea how you're going to feel tomorrow - we know you."