内容摘要：The party has said it plans to stand in all the council seats that are due to hold elections in May.

The party has said it plans to stand in all the council seats that are due to hold elections in May.

There have also been allegations of bullying in Lowe's offices, which are being investigated by the lawyer hired by the party.Lowe strongly denies all the claims, saying "there is no credible evidence against me", and says he is the victim of "a political assassination because I dared to question Nigel Farage".

Last week, Lowe said he had spoken to the senior lawyer looking at the claims and said she had told him she was "shocked" at the process, and that no evidence had been given.On Sunday, the lawyer, a KC who has not been named by the party but whose credentials have been verified by the BBC, said: "I have seen a number of statements made by Mr Lowe MP which are attributed to me and which describe my reactions to the process conducted by the party into the allegations made against both Mr Lowe MP and his constituency manager."I find myself in the unfortunate and regrettable position of having to make this statement to correct the record."

The lawyer added: "I have not expressed either 'dismay' or 'shock' at any time as to the process. Nor have I said 'there is zero credible evidence against [Mr Lowe]', let alone said this 'repeatedly'."On Friday, Lowe took issue with a statement issued by Reform, which set out that there would be an independent investigation into what had happened.

He wrote: "I have just spoken to the KC. She is dismayed that this statement has been made, and reiterated that no evidence against me has been sent to her.

"She stated that this has been issued before the investigation has even started.Nic Noble raised around £1m for the new centre in honour of her sister, who died from cancer, and was there for the Royal visit.

She said: "Luckily my mum was presented to her [the Queen] which for me it was a joy - she had a nice conversation with her."She added that the Queen is "just such a lovely lady. She was down to earth, she put everyone at ease."

Ms Noble's mother, Diane Young, said she spoke to the Queen about how "terrible" the facilities the new centre has replaced were."We spoke about how this is a marvellous new centre, that I was so proud of Nic and her late sister. She was very approachable and obviously impressed with the new centre," she added.