A Tory MP has failed in his bid to overturn his recommended five-day suspension for a "very cavalier" series of breaches of lobbying rules.
Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, had his appeal from the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) dismissed "on all grounds" and told the backbencher that he could reasonably have been handed a "more severe" punishment.
The pro-Brexit MP initially accepted the Commons Standards Committee's findings, before calling for a reversal by Parliament's appeal panel.
