The Labour Party has dropped a Parliamentary candidate who questioned evidence of the Manchester Arena terror attack.

Mandy Richards had been selected for the marginal Worcester seat, but then 'conspiracy theory' tweets that she posted on social media in the past were unearthed.

Ms Richards questioned why there were “still no images/footage of physical damage at Manchester Arena” and suggested authorities were “concealing full scale of loss of life” at Grenfell Tower.

The Mirror reported that she also tweeted that the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox was “conveniently bereft of evidence”.

It comes after a Sunday newspaper revealed Ms Richards brought failed High Court action against 22 bodies including MI5, the Army, Royal Mail and her own landlord.

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A judge in March 2017 deemed her claims, including that authorities tried to poison her, “totally without merit”.

A Labour party spokesperson said: "The NEC has not endorsed Mandy Richards as the Labour Party candidate for Worcester."

The selection of a Parliamentary candidate for Worcester will be re-run.

Ms Richards, from Hackney, North London, stood for the London Assembly in 2012 and 2016.

She won the Worcester selection after saying she had worked for Dawn Butler, now a shadow minister, for two years before moving to work for Hackney Council in 2008.

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