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Parliamentary standards committee says Andrew Bridgen showed a ‘cavalier attitude’ over outside paid work
Standards need to be revamped to restore trust in Britain’s parliament
UK PM earned more than £4m from outside interests in last 14 years while London mayor and in parliament
Chair of standards committee is leading a review of the rules around MPs’ second jobs
Today may be better than the ‘fill your boots, boys’ era that preceded it but the potential for corruption is still there
Conservative politicians overhaul standards watchdog after Owen Paterson controversy
Nigel Boardman tells MPs that body should be able to ‘impose severe sanctions’ on those who break new statutory code
Former UK minister accused by watchdog of breaking lobbying rules on multiple occasions
Former PM’s communication with government officials within the rules, says regulator
Media reports suggest former prime minister lobbied two ministers on behalf of US biotech group Illumina
Ex ministers and civil servants face call to impose legally binding restrictions on work after Whitehall
Regulator accepts argument that approach to a senior civil servant falls within an exemption to rules
Former chancellor contacted Treasury official offering free access to software made by OakNorth, a start-up he advises
A shadowy club of elite political donors increases perceptions of cronyism
Conservative ‘Advisory Board’ is part of co-chair Ben Elliot’s mission to modernise governing party’s fundraising efforts
UK anti-corruption watchdog seeks up to 5-year ban on lobbying by former ministers and civil servants
Jonathan Evans says there needs to be a ‘level playing field’ with ex-ministers banned for up to 5 years
The FT has reported evidence meriting an SFO investigation
Senior civil servant Tom Scholar tells MPs he received phone call and texts from former PM
Messages between entrepreneur and PM come as UK government is engulfed in Greensill scandal
Industrialist exchanged messages with Johnson over tax treatment when developing ventilator for NHS
‘I only got into politics to make money after I left’
Commons committees prepare to call former PM and chancellor amid Labour accusations of ‘sleaze’
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