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Ex-minister Stephen Twigg has been given a £50 fixed penalty notice
after being arrested for being drunk.

Mr Twigg was arrested at 1915 GMT on Monday in central London for being
drunk and incapable in a public place and taken to Marylebone police
station.

He was given a fixed penalty notice and released just before 2330 GMT.

Mr Twigg, who lost his seat in May, is best known for toppling Michael
Portillo at the 1997 election.

Schools minister

A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said: "At 7.19pm a 38-year-old was
arrested in Orchard Street, W1, for being drunk and incapable in a
public place.

"He was taken to Marylebone Police Station. He was issued with a fixed
penalty notice for being drunk in a public place."

After his surprise victory over Mr Portillo in 1997, which came to be
seen as a symbol of Tony Blair's landslide victory, Mr Twigg rose
through the ranks to be schools minister.

But earlier this year, he narrowly lost Enfield South seat his seat to
Conservative candidate David Burrowes.

He has been working as the chairman of Blairite think tank Progress and
is director of the Foreign Policy Centre.

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