How Labour plans on putting the screws to Johnson over Tory sleaze this week
The row sparked by the Owen Paterson £112,000-lobbying scandal has developed into an embarrassing mess for the Prime…
Second Jobs
50 Tory MPs earned £1.7m in consultancy fees this year alone, analysis shows
New analysis of the parliamentary register of interests shows that 50 Conservative MPs have earned more than £1.7m…
The second jobs row is an opportunity for Labour, but not a clear open goal
Boris Johnson is having a bad couple of weeks. The Owen Paterson row, which saw him eventually step…
Labour calls for probe into Tory MP over £1m second job code of conduct breach
Our Tory MPs are working hard, but not for you. Geoffrey Cox MP appears to have spent April,…
Clamp down on second jobs and nationalise railways, say LabourList readers
At the start of this week, allegations of a ‘cash-for-access’ scandal were levelled at Jack Straw MP and Sir…
Miliband writes to Clegg and Cameron – and throws down the gauntlet on second jobs for MPs
Ed Miliband has written to Cameron and Clegg this afternoon, announcing a planned amendment to Labour’s motion on…
PMQs Verdict – What do you mean you can’t live on seventy grand a year?
In recent days I’ve heard more than one commentator claim that MPs can’t afford to live on their…
Labour put MPs’ second jobs to Commons vote
Labour will use their opposition day in the Hose of Commons tomorrow to put forward a bill curtailing…
More important than Maria Miller’s second home is her second job
We’ve all heard the claims levelled at the current Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, but fewer people will…
The Pritchard investigation shows once again why we need action on MPs’ second jobs
The Daily Telegraph has reported today that the senior Conservative MP Mark Pritchard allegedly offered to use his…
