Claim and counter-claim in the ongoing political debate over Kiri Allan.

The Labour front-bencher has resigned from Cabinet and is leaving politics, after crashing her car on Sunday night while she was over the legal alcohol limit.

This morning on the Mike Hosking Breakfast National's Mark Mitchell told Labour Party Campaign Chair Megan Woods her job of winning the election has just become harder.

Wood is in turn accusing Mitchell and his party of politicising Allan's personal issues.

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