Lords Suspended in Fresh Cash-for-Access Scandal
Two members of the House of Lords have been hit with heavy suspensions after an undercover investigation exposed their willingness to trade parliamentary access for commercial advantage, plunging Westminster back into a familiar storm over lobbying and influence. The House of Lords Conduct Committee confirmed the penalties on Monday, following Continue Reading
Paterson’s Lobbying Texts to Hancock Revealed
The government has been forced to publish documents that reveal how the disgraced former Conservative MP Owen Paterson directly lobbied a senior minister for a healthcare firm that was paying him to be a consultant. Paterson contacted Matt Hancock, then health secretary, in the early stages of the Covid pandemic Continue Reading
