Tom Watson, the Labour deputy leader, encouraged Carl Beech to bring his allegations to police

Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, made detectives on Scotland Yard’s bungled investigation into a fictional VIP child sex ring feel under pressure to deliver results, a report will say.

One officer is understood to have suggested that Mr Watson’s interest in Operation Midland was a priority issue for the police.

The Met said yesterday that a fuller version of a review of the investigation by Sir Richard Henriques is to be published on Friday.

Mr Watson, a backbencher when the inquiry began in 2014, encouraged a man known only as Nick to bring his allegations to police. Mr Watson will face questions after keeping in close contact with officers working on the case. The investigation collapsed when Nick’s story was found to be false.

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