Second senior councillor suspended by Labour

All 17 members of Corby Town Council, based at the Cube, are Labour councillors

The BBC understands a second senior member of a town council has been suspended by the Labour party.

Martyn Reuby has also been granted leave of absence from his role on Corby Town Council in Northamptonshire.

It comes a week after the Mayor of Corby stepped down following news of his suspension from the Labour party.

Mr Reuby was the deputy leader of the Labour-controlled council, but no longer holds that post. The BBC has contacted Mr Reuby and the town council for their responses.

As first reported in the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, the council approved Mr Reuby's leave of absence for six months at a meeting on 4 September.

Members voted to appoint Ray Beeby as deputy leader for the rest of the civic year and the council, which is in tier below the unitary North Northamptonshire Council in the local council pyramid.

The BBC understands that Mr Reuby is administratively suspended from the Labour party.

The council's mayor, Ross Armour, resigned earlier this month, and has also been administratively suspended from the party.

He has been replaced as mayor by William Colquhoun.