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Jared O’Mara has 'postponed' his resignation as an MP.

The Sheffield Hallam MP submitted his resignation papers at the beginning of August, postdated until Parliament’s return today.

But the Treasury say he has written to the Chancellor in the last week asking him to postpone the process of his resignation.

His letter did not give a reason for the delay, or suggest how long he wished to postpone his resignation for.

Mr O’Mara had a poor attendance record, and had complained that his disabilities made the House of Commons an inaccessible place to work.

His announcement that he planned to resign as an MP followed allegations that he sexually harassed a former employee.

It's unclear if he's in Parliament today as crucial Brexit votes are expected to go down to the wire.

The Mirror revealed last week that Mr O’Mara had been arrested on suspicion of fraud and his office raided.

His Chief of Staff, Gareth Arnold, was arrested at the same time on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud.

Both were released pending further investigations.

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Mr O'Mara won his seat in the 2017 election as a Labour MP, beating former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

He was suspended by Labour in October 2017, after a string of historic online comments came to light which were accused of sexism and homophobia.

He later apologised saying: "I was in a bad place back then, and after being bullied and called many of those abusive slurs myself, I repeated them as a way of deflecting from my own low self-esteem and depression. But this is not an excuse and I take full responsibility for the unacceptable language I used."

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He was reinstated by Labour in July 2018, but resigned from the party nine days later to sit as an independent MP.

The same month, Mr O'Mara announced he would step back from his parliamentary duties for a period on the advice of his GP.

But he's faced heavy criticism for frequent absences - including failure to attend several key Brexit votes.

In April, he announced he was suspending constituents' casework for a month while he recruited new staff and moved to a new office.