Danczuk advertises for a new Communication's Officer role

In what must be the most difficult job in politics, disgraced Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk is advertising for a new Communication's Officer role - under the Labour Party banner. The advert appears on the website w4mp.com - a site that is an MP's favourite for employing staff. It is advertised as a Labour MP's appointment. This is despite currently being suspended by the Labour Party.

Local Lib Dem Leader Councillor Andy Kelly said: "Yet again Mr Danczuk is 'masquerading' as a Labour MP despite being suspended over lewd, lurid texts to a teenage girl. Unless Jeremy Corbyn has made a decision on his future and not telling anybody this is deliberate misrepresentation. I wrote to Ian McNichol, General Secretary of the Labour Party, months ago pointing out that Danczuk was still using Labour Party branding on his website. Nothing happened and to this day - his internet presence still remains the same. If Labour have made a decision on Danczuk's future then Jeremy Corbyn must come clean and say so. It will send a clear message that under Jeremy Corbyn's Leadership - Simon Danczuk's behaviour is acceptable."

Danczuk's staffing arrangements have long been controversial. Questions remain whether he still employs his ex-wife Karen part-time in his office. Recently his former caseworker Elsie Wraight caused controversy when she became Council Leader Richard Farnell's taxpayer funded PA - despite the job not being advertised. He was also criticised at Christmas for employing a 'crisis management' adviser on the taxpayer at a time when his bad behaviour was splashed on the front of all the tabloids.