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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Plan to ban MPs from going on reality TV after Matt Hancock's I'm A Celeb stint

MPs could be blocked from abandoning their constituents to appear on I’m A Celebrity and other reality shows under plans laid in Parliament.

Matt Hancock triggered fury after ditching his West Suffolk electors for a £400,000 fee for a stint in the Australian jungle. Now the Lib Dems want to prevent other MPs following his path.

They have tabled an Early Day Motion, dubbed the “Bushtucker Bill'', calling for Westminster’s rules to be updated to prevent MPs from taking part in reality TV programmes abroad for weeks at a time while Parliament is sitting.

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