MP ‘sacks all his staff and shuts office for a month’

An MP has apparently got rid of all his staff and is now looking for new employees.

Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O’Mara had the clear out earlier this evening and also announced he would be moving office.

Mr O’Mara, who resigned from Labour last July and is now an independent MP, apparently locked staff out after making them redundant.

He confirmed he had suspended casework for around four weeks while he tried to put a new team together and find new premises.

That means there won’t be constituency surgeries or a response to anyone who tries to contact his office.

Mr O’Mara said in a statement: ‘As soon as the paperwork process is completed and my new team all start their new roles we will be swiftly completing the change of office and I am looking forward to letting everybody know the address and location of our new base as soon as we’re all moved in.

‘Keep an eye out for further developments and news. I am certainly looking forward to the future.’

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When the Star newspaper pushed Mr O’Mara on whether he had sacked his employees he said he was unable to answer because of data protection laws and added: ‘However, what I can say is that I’m no Alan Sugar.

‘I think if I ever tried to be ruthless then I’d just look really daft.’

The sackings mean Mr O’Mara has no employees both in his constituency and Westminster.

He quit Labour after he was suspended when mysoginistic and homophobic comments he posted online in the past resurfaced.