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Tory minister Stephen Crabb sent sex messages to a young woman on WhatsApp saying he ‘wanted to kiss her everywhere’, it was claimed last night.

Mr Crabb, a devout Christian who dropped out of the race to be PM last week, allegedly told the unnamed woman that ‘the public can’t expect MPs to be angels’

The 43-year-old married father of two, who placed family values at the centre of his failed bid to be party leader, exchanged flirtatious messages during the run up to the EU referendum , the Times newspaper reported.

It claimed that he sent a WhatsApp message on the eve of the Brexit vote last month describing a sex act he would like to perform.

He also said that most are “risk takers in the areas of money, sex, political opportunism”, it was alleged by the Tory-supporting paper.

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The woman, in her twenties, is said to have met him through his political role several years ago and struck up a friendship.

In some of their earliest messages, Mr Crabb confessed that MPs faced a ‘toxic mix’ of adrenalin, attention and time away from their family.

He was discussing the resignation of Brooks Newmark , the minister for civil society who was caught by the Sunday Mirror sending an X-rated picture of himself to an undercover reporter in 2014.

The Times reported that when asked to comment on the sexting claims, Mr Crabb had no comment.

However, he defended his 'risk takers' remarks, saying: “I’ve got nothing to add to that, I mean that’s a true observation, isn’t it?”

Mr Crabb is married to his French citizen wife Béatrice, who also works in his constituency office.

He is the work and pensions secretary having stepped into the role when Iain Duncan Smith quit.