A Tory MP has been suspended by his party after undercover footage showed him offering to ministers for a fake gambling company.
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton was stripped of the party whip after an undercover investigation for The Times found he was prepared to leak market sensitive information to a fake investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf. This would be a breach of parliamentary rules.
Benton referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. A spokesperson for Tory chief whip Simon Hart said Benton “has had the Conservative Party Whip suspended whilst an investigation is ongoing”.
