The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating allegations concerning Wiltshire Police’s handling of an alleged claim of child sexual abuse made in the 1990s against former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
Former Conservative MP Brian Binley, who worked in Sir Edward's office for a period of time, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think it's a very confusing story really, maybe produced during the silly season, kept back because stories are at a premium at this time.
"I find it very difficult to believe from the Ted Heath that I knew.
"I was, by the way, attached for a short time for private office - I wasn't there very long but I did get to know him a little bit - and I would be very, very surprised indeed if there is any substance to these allegations concerning a man whose private life was very controlled, and I doubt whether he'd place himself in such a vulnerable position with the sort of people who are said to have made these accusations."
A brothel madam has denied reports she threatened to expose Edward Heath as a child abuser and said she had no involvement with him.
A man has claimed that he was raped aged 12 by former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
Wiltshire Police say they've 'worked tirelessly' to establish Ted Heath abuse claims