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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Top Tory's Wikipedia edited from Parliament computer to remove links to scandal

A Top Tory's Wikipedia page has been edited - apparently from within Parliament - to remove all mention of the Owen Paterson scandal.

The changes were made to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng's profile, scrubbing from it any mention of him being an outspoken supporter of Mr Paterson - the Tory MP who quit after breaking lobbying rules.

After the Standards Committee found Mr Paterson had committed an "egregious case of paid advocacy", Mr Kwarteng - hotly tipped to be the next Chancellor - called for the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Stone, to "decide her position".

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