Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has suspended Scott Benton MP after he told undercover reporters that he was prepared to work as a paid lobbyist for a gambling company in breach of parliamentary rules.
A spokesperson for Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart said on Wednesday evening: “Following his self-referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards earlier this evening, Scott Benton has had the Conservative Party whip suspended whilst an investigation is ongoing.”
The suspension means that Benton is no longer a Conservative MP and must now sit in the House of Commons as an independent.
It comes after an undercover investigation for The Times of London newspaper found that Benton offered to leak market-sensitive information to a bogus investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf….