RISHI Sunak is facing yet another by-election as an MP caught in a lobbying scandal announced he was quitting Parliament.
sting operation offering to lobby ministers and ask parliamentary questions on behalf of gambling investorsIn his resignation letter, seen by GB News, Benton said: “It's with a heavy heart that I have written to the Chancellor this morning to tender my resignation as your MP.
Benton has previously said he was “deeply disappointed” by the decision to suspend him from Parliament and claimed there had been a “lack of integrity” throughout the process, which was “prone to regular leaks at every stage”.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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