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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Labour rules on lobbying would ‘clean up politics’, says Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader.
‘We have a system where the door is held wide open for former ministers who want to line their pockets as soon as they leave office,’ Angela Rayner said. Photograph: Richard Baker/In Pictures/Getty Images

Labour would ban ministers from taking lobbying jobs related to their former brief for up to five years to “fix the broken standards system and clean up politics”.

If the rules were breached, the former ministers would face fines decided by an independent commission, which could include losing a portion of their pension or the severance payment, in line with proposals outlined by the committee on standards in public life.

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