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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Tory MP Miriam Cates being investigated by standards watchdog

Miriam Cates speaking during  a Northern Research Group conference in June
Miriam Cates is a co-founder of the New Conservatives group of MPs. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The Conservative MP Miriam Cates, a high-profile figure on the party’s right wing, is being investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog.

Cates, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire since 2019, is being investigated for “actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the house as a whole, or of its members generally”, a brief notice on the website of the commissioner for standards said.

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