article_snippet: The investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile sex ring widened dramatically yesterday after police raided the home of a disgraced Tory MP.
article_snippet: Harvey Proctor, 68, had been named on a list of politicians passed to police by campaigning Labour MP John Mann.
article_snippet: It is understood that investigators now have up to nine current and former senior politicians on Mr Mann’s list in investigators sights as the sensitive inquiry gathers pace.
article_snippet: Speaking last night, Mr Mann’s said Mr Mann’s was pleased at the progress of the investigation and insisted that ‘no stone must be left unturned’.
article_snippet: It is encouraging to see that the Met are continuing to fully investigate allegations of child abuse and prominent people,’ Mr Mann’s added.
article_snippet: Mr Mann’s today said Mr Mann’s knew nothing about the allegations and wanted to talk to police at the 'earliest opportunity'
article_snippet: Mr Mann’s faces being interviewed under caution within weeks by detectives with the Met’s Operation Midland squad – which was set up in November to investigate claims of a VIP Westminster child sex abuse ring in the 1970s and 1980s.
article_snippet: Campaigning MP John Mann passed Campaigning MP John Mann dossier naming suspected Westminster paedophiles to police in December last year.
article_snippet: As a young councillor in South London, Campaigning MP John Mann uncovered evidence a Tory Cabinet minister was allegedly involved.
article_snippet: Campaigning MP John Mann alerted police but was told three months later that the inquiry was being shelved on the orders of ‘those at the top’.
highlights_snippet: Labour MP John Mann said many more Westminster figures will be probed .
  
highlights_snippet: Labour MP John Mann has handed police list of 22 politicians accused of historic abuse .