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Harriet Harman admits driving without due care and attention

Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party, has received a fine of £350 after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention.

Ms Harman has had three points added to her driving licence, having reversed her Rover 75 into a parked car while using her mobile phone in Camberwell last July.

However, a second charge of driving while using a mobile phone was withdrawn.

The House of Commons leader and equality minister has now amassed a total of nine points on her licence, the first six coming from a speeding charges in 2007 and 2008.

Motorists with 12 points face a driving ban.

Tom Richards

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