PM faces another bruising at polls
Daily Mirror UK|February 21, 2024
By-election looms as MP loses appeal
JOHN STEVENS
PM faces another bruising at polls

RISHI Sunak faces yet more by-election misery as Scott Benton has lost his appeal against a suspension.

In an undercover newspaper sting, the MP was caught offering to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors.

In December, the Commons sleaze watchdog found he had committed an "extremely serious" breach of Parliamentary rules and recommended he be given a 35-day suspension.

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