An investigation by the Financial Times into the Presidents Club Charity Dinner, held at London's Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair on 18 January, claims that some of the 130 specially hired female hostesses, who were told to wear skimpy black outfits with matching underwear and high heels, were sexually harassed.
BBC Newsnight has reported that children's minister Nadhim Zahawi, who was appointed under-secretary of state at the Department for Education earlier this month, following a government reshuffle, was among the 360 all-male attendees at the event, but left early.
It said that Zahawi felt it was a "bizarre" and "uncomfortable" event, adding that he had attended the event previously, before becoming an MP in 2010, when he felt it was a "completely different to the event he attended last week".
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