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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Shanti Das

Tory MP urged to quit job as adviser to ‘climate denier’ US fossil fuel firm

Mark Pritchard the Conservative MP for the Wrekin in Shropshire.
Mark Pritchard the Conservative MP for the Wrekin in Shropshire. Photograph: Clickpics/Alamy

A Tory MP has been urged to quit his second job as a £325-an-hour adviser to a US fossil fuel firm after the company was accused of using “classic climate denial” tactics to delay action on the climate crisis.

Mark Pritchard, 55, Conservative MP for the Wrekin in Shropshire, took on a role providing “strategic communications advice” to Linden Energy Holdings in May, official records show. He will be paid £46,800 a year for working 12 hours a month through his consulting company, Map Advisory.

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