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Minister slams fellow Tory MP Scott Benton as he loses whip for reportedly offering to lobby for gambling firm

A minister has angrily criticised fellow Tory MP Scott Benton who was secretly filmed appearing to offer to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors in exchange for money.

Evening Standard

MP Scott Benton has Tory whip suspended after offering to lobby for gambling firm

Mr Benton offered a 'guarantee' to provide a copy of an upcoming gambling White Paper to undercover reporters posing as investors

Wales Online

MP Scott Benton has Tory whip suspended after offering to lobby for gambling industry investors

Chief Whip Simon Hart said Mr Benton was suspending pending an investigation

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MP Scott Benton secretly filmed 'offering lobbying services' in undercover sting operation

Mr Benton allegedly boasted about his personal access to top ministers as well as offering to leak confidential documents ahead of their publication

Manchester Evening News

Tory MP Scott Benton filmed offering to lobby for gambling industry investors

MPs are barred from carrying out paid lobbying or advising on how to influence Parliament in exchange for money.

The Independent UK

Tory MP offered to 'lobby ministers for fake gambling firm' in undercover sting

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton was secretly filmed by reporters boasting of his access to ministers in a meeting with fake gambling investors

Daily Mirror

Tory MP Scott Benton has whip suspended after newspaper sting

Blackpool South MP reportedly offered to lobby on behalf of gambling industry and leak confidential document

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Workers on zero hours contracts could get the right to request regular shifts

The change in the law would give employees the right to ask for a predictable working pattern

Wales Online

Cruel Tory migration bill will erode basic right to seek asylum

Letters: The impact the policy will have across the world can’t be ignored, says Oliver Lough. Plus letters from Derrick Joad, Nigel Griffin and David Duell

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP brutally mocked for saying stripped back Match of the Day was 'best in years'

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton claimed last night's episode was the "best in years" after Gary Lineker's suspension, having been among the Tories to take swipes at the presenter last week

Daily Mirror

14 times Tories attacked Gary Lineker as weak PM tries to deflect blame for BBC crisis

The BBC is accused of caving into pressure from Tories over Gary Lineker, who has been brutally attacked by MPs - with one branding him a "whinging baby" after he criticised the government's Illegal Immigration Bill

Daily Mirror

Right to request flexible work could push over-50s back to employment, MPs claim

Conservative MP Scott Benton’s Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak fined by police for not wearing seatbelt in car in Instagram video

Lancashire Police have given Rishi Sunak a fixed penalty notice - after a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'

Daily Mirror

Tory brazenly slams 'political' complaints as police probe Rishi Sunak seatbelt clip

Conservative MP Scott Benton said 'politicians should be treated equally under the law' when referring to Keir Starmer's Beergate saga but his position appears to have changed

Daily Mirror

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Tory MP fumes at 'politically motivated complaints' over Rishi Sunak seatbelt clip

A TORY MP has suggested police are wasting their time by “looking into” Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media…

The Independent UK

Tory criticises ‘politically motivated’ complaints over Sunak’s seatbelt ‘error’

Blackpool MP Scott Benton suggested Lancashire Police should use their time tackling serious crime rather than ‘looking into’ the issue.

Daily Mirror

Tories backed locals over giant wifi masts while taking cash from firms that erected them

Blackpool MP Scott Benton is one of 25 MPs the Sunday People revealed had accepted a combined £147,000 in cash from IX Wireless - a Lancashire-based broadband firm

Manchester Evening News

Social media row after MP's Twitter account allegedly 'liked' 'misogynistic and abusive' post attacking Angela Rayner

"That’s appalling… he should apologise," Parklife boss Sacha Lord said

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Labour accuse Braverman of undermining ‘stalled’ trade talks with India

Labour shadow international trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Braverman caused ‘offence’ through remarks made about Indians overstaying visas.

The Independent UK

No 10 declines to say Truss is committed to reducing migration

Some Tory MPs fear Suella Braverman’s departure as home secretary signals a softening of immigration policy.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 11, named as 'ringleader' of teenage gang behind 80 different offences

Tory MP Scott Benton has called for the House of Commons to intervene, claiming a child has become the head of a gang, as Blackpool Council have slammed the comment saying: "Uninformed comments are unhelpful"

Manchester Evening News

Boy, 11, is 'ringleader' of crime gang terrorising Blackpool, MPs told

An MP claimed that 'hundreds of different crimes' are being committed by a 'gang of teenagers' in the seaside town

Wales Online

Boy, 11, ringleader of gang behind anti-social behaviour in Blackpool, claims MP

Conservative MP Scott Benton believes an 11-year old boy - who has been responsible for over 80 other offences - is the ringleader of an anti-social behaviour gang

The National (Scotland)

Tory MPs mocked for complaints of 'woke bias' in Conservative leadership debate

TORY MPs have been mocked after claiming that the Tory leadership debate shown on Channel 4 was “biased”.

The Guardian - UK

MPs to raise concerns over No 10 advisers with links to gambling industry

MPs write letter expressing fear that policy advisers may be opposing regulation of gambling industry

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