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Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses

Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending

The Guardian - UK

England local and mayoral elections: results to look out for and when

Results across 107 councils and in 10 mayoral votes will start coming in from the early hours of Friday

The Guardian - UK

Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses

Party predicted to lose about half of the 1,000 seats it is defending in contest that could shape Rishi Sunak’s future

The Guardian - UK

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‘Dirty rotten scoundrel’: Blackpool voters dismayed by Tory MP Scott Benton

The run-up to a byelection triggered after the local MP was caught in a sting reveals an electorate with little faith in the main parties

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP Scott Benton quits, triggering new byelection headache for Sunak

Blackpool South MP had been suspended over his role in a lobbying scandal, triggering a recall petition

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak faces crunch by-election after Tory MP Scott Benton quits

The Blackpool South MP had been facing a recall petition in his constituency after being suspended

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak faces fresh byelection as former Tory MP suspended

Blackpool South’s Scott Benton had suggested to undercover reporters he would be willing to break lobbying rules for money

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Tories may face Blackpool byelection as Scott Benton loses suspension appeal

MP for Blackpool South, who offered to lobby for gambling industry, loses appeal against 35-day Commons suspension

The Guardian - UK

All the MPs rebelling over Sunak's Rwanda bill as two senior Tories quit

Here are all the MPs that backed amendments to Sunak's Rwanda Bill

Evening Standard

Calls for Tory minister to lose whip for 'spending taxpayer money on party campaigns'

THE Prime Minister is facing calls to suspend the whip from a minister while claims he used his taxpayer-funded constituency office to campaign for…

The National (Scotland)

As another lobbying scandal erupts in the Conservative party, are tougher rules finally on the horizon?

Conservative MP Scott Benton has become the latest British politician to face suspension for breaking lobbying rules in what is becoming a regular cycle of scandals. Parliament’s committee on standards has recommended a 35-day suspension for Benton after he was alleged to have lobbied for the gambling industry and given…

The Conversation

Lobbying sting MP Scott Benton plans appeal against 35-day suspension

He claimed the Commons investigation into him was ‘anything but fair and transparent’.

Evening Standard

Who is Scott Benton? Tories face another by-election as MP faces suspension

MP Scott Benton is facing a suspension from Parliament, after the Commons standards watchdog found he had committed a “very serious breach” of…

The National (Scotland)

By-election looms as Tory MP faces lengthy ban from Commons

TORY MP Scott Benton is facing a 35-day ban from the House of Commons.

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Tory MP Scott Benton faces 35-day suspension and by-election over lobbying scandal

Rishi Sunak faces another by-election after one of his MPs was caught in a "toxic" lobbying scandal

The Independent UK

MP faces 35-day Commons ban for gambling scandal

New blow to Sunak as by-election looms

Evening Standard

Who is Peter Bone? Tory MP suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct

The 70-year-old has served as the Wellingborough MP since 2005

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: children’s care homes flood into cheapest areas of England, not where most needed

Shocking figures gathered by the Observer show social care provision is dictated by money, not need

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The Week

The big business of lobbying in Westminster

There is nothing inherently sinister about seeking to influence the people who write our laws; indeed, it’s a vital part of any democracy. Any citizen has the right to lobby an MP – the verb was coined to describe people who collared lawmakers in public lobbies such as Parliament’s. But…

The Independent UK

How being seduced by gambling’s love bombing ended with a prison sentence

For years the gambling industry was the wild west; an unregulated frontier that profited from pain and addiction. Now the government has promised to clean up betting and gaming. But many are eager for more to be done, writes Sarah Ingram, particularly those who nearly lost everything to it

The Independent UK

‘It’s predatory’: How gambling took over Britain’s high streets and seduced our MPs

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP lobbied minister on behalf of casino over gambling laws

Philip Davies lobbied culture minister to include measure after being entertained at Mayfair casino

The Independent UK

MPs not taking lobbying ‘seriously enough’, say professional body

Westminster has been rocked by a series of lobbying scandals in recent years

The Independent UK

MPs not taking lobbying problems seriously, professional body says

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations said MPs were not paying enough attention to flaws in lobbying rules.

The Independent UK

Tory MP caught in gambling industry lobbying sting hit by second investigation

The Blackpool South MP was stripped of the Tory whip after being filmed offering to lobby on behalf of gambling investors for pay.

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