Labour councillor & LDN Youth Chair involved in late-night assault against girlfriend

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Girlfriend assault by Labour councillor & youth chairman results in resignation

A young Labour councillor who assaulted his girlfriend in public on Halloween is stepping down from a leading party role after being warned about his future conduct.

Dagenham’s Cllr Dan Young, 24, of Heath ward, who has served as an aide to Jon Cruddas MP, will step down as chairman of London Young Labour after being cautioned by police, the Labour Party has confirmed.

A Labour Party spokesman said: “Dan Young has been warned about his future conduct and the responsibilities that come with being an elected representative of the Labour Party.

“He will be stepping down as chair of London Young Labour in the next two weeks when a new chair is elected.”

Two members of London Young Labour have resigned over the incident, according to Town Hall sources.

The Met were called to Western Road in Romford town centre at 3am on Friday, October 31, to reports of a domestic assault.

“A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene for common assault against a 19-year-old woman,” a spokesman said.

“He was taken to an east London police station.

“Neither person required medical attention.

“A 24-year-old man was later issued with a police caution for common assault.”

Despite multiple approaches by the Post, Cllr Young has declined to comment.

He also failed to attend a Labour Party meeting at the Town Hall on Monday night.

Mr Cruddas’s office said Cllr Young has not worked for him for about three years, but was unable to comment further at time of press.

However, Cllr Young was photographed with Mr Cruddas and Labour’s leader Ed Miliband in May of this year.

The news came as the council launched its White Ribbon campaign against domestic violence.

One launch event for the campaign on Tuesday of last week, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, saw council leader Darren Rodwell in high-heels on a sponsored march through the borough.

In the interests of a bit of balance, y'know.

[FlyingJesus]

omf he looks like the exact kind of person to be involved in youth politics lmao and glad to see action taken against him, clearly not the sort of person we want to be seeing around and especially not parading as a representative of our country's young people. Shame really that he was allowed to "step down", I wouldn't be showing mercy to members of my party who screw up this badly with an election on the way, and def not if they're in supposedly senior positions

[Chippiewill]

Everyone in youth politics is a massive ****.

Actually, everyone in politics is a massive **** too.

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Everyone in youth politics is a massive ****.

Actually, everyone in politics is a massive **** too.

Youth politics and university students are a pet hate of mine too.