Jeffrey Cox the last deputy came under fire due to his additional earnings for legal work outside the scope of his parliamentary duties.
This follows the resignation of MP Owen Paterson after he was found to have violated lobbying rules. as well as criticism of how the government negotiated contracts related to Covid.
Stephen Bush and Anush Chakelyan discuss the ethics of MPs’ side speeches and why this scandal is so scandalous. headache for Boris Johnson…
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