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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason

Senior Tory Lee Anderson broke MPs’ code by filming on Commons roof

Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson has accepted the findings of the commissioner and paid the Commons authorities for using the parliamentary estate for filming. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Lee Anderson, the Conservative party’s deputy chair, has been found to have broken parliamentary rules by filming a promotional clip for his GB News programme from the roof of the House of Commons.

The senior Tory apologised and promised not to do it again after admitting having breached the MPs’ code of conduct by being filmed on the roof terrace and sending an email advertising his programme from his parliamentary email address.

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