He's facing fresh allegations, published in The Times today
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton has been accused of more allegations of lobbying a government minister to object to several candidates to chair the gambling regulator.
The latest allegations, published today by the paper, claim that the MP tried to help secure a better licence for a casino. The claims stem from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.Mr Benton privately wrote to then gambling minister John Whittingdale in August 2021 to express “extreme worry and anxiety of the whole gambling industry” about three of the four rumoured candidates to chair the Gambling Commission.
As a councillor, he spent periods of time as Deputy Leader of the Council and then Leader of the Conservative Group. Benton previously ran for Strangford at the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election and Huddersfield, a safe seat for the Labour Party, at the 2017 general election.
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