Harriet Harman rejects Daily Mail paedophilia 'smears'

Labour figures accused of working for civil liberties group with links to paedophile rights campaigners

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LABOUR deputy leader Harriet Harman has accused the Daily Mail of running a "smear campaign" against her, after the newspaper described her as a "paedophilia apologist".

The newspaper claims that she, her husband MP Jack Dromey, and former health secretary Patricia Hewitt previously worked for a civil liberties group that had links to paedophile rights campaigners in the 1970s and 1980s.

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