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Minister slams fellow Tory MP Scott Benton as he loses whip for reportedly offering to lobby for gambling firm

A minister has angrily criticised fellow Tory MP Scott Benton who was secretly filmed appearing to offer to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors in exchange for money.

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023

MP Scott Benton has Tory whip suspended after offering to lobby for gambling firm

Mr Benton offered a 'guarantee' to provide a copy of an upcoming gambling White Paper to undercover reporters posing as investors

Wales Online · Apr 5, 2023

MP Scott Benton has Tory whip suspended after offering to lobby for gambling industry investors

Chief Whip Simon Hart said Mr Benton was suspending pending an investigation

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Workers on zero hours contracts could get the right to request regular shifts

The change in the law would give employees the right to ask for a predictable working pattern

Wales Online · Mar 24, 2023

Cruel Tory migration bill will erode basic right to seek asylum

Letters: The impact the policy will have across the world can’t be ignored, says Oliver Lough. Plus letters from Derrick Joad, Nigel Griffin and David Duell

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

Tory MP brutally mocked for saying stripped back Match of the Day was 'best in years'

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton claimed last night's episode was the "best in years" after Gary Lineker's suspension, having been among the Tories to take swipes at the presenter last week

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023

14 times Tories attacked Gary Lineker as weak PM tries to deflect blame for BBC crisis

The BBC is accused of caving into pressure from Tories over Gary Lineker, who has been brutally attacked by MPs - with one branding him a "whinging baby" after he criticised the government's Illegal Immigration Bill

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023

Right to request flexible work could push over-50s back to employment, MPs claim

Conservative MP Scott Benton’s Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Rishi Sunak fined by police for not wearing seatbelt in car in Instagram video

Lancashire Police have given Rishi Sunak a fixed penalty notice - after a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023

Tory brazenly slams 'political' complaints as police probe Rishi Sunak seatbelt clip

Conservative MP Scott Benton said 'politicians should be treated equally under the law' when referring to Keir Starmer's Beergate saga but his position appears to have changed

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023