Suspended Tory MP with connections to the gambling industry reveals how he dodges anti-sleaze rules.
MPs are widely colluding with companies to keep ‘hospitality’ gifts secret, according to a Tory who was suspended from the party after getting caught in a sleaze sting.
The Times, which sent undercover reporters posing as investors interested in the betting industry to meet with Benton, has since shared new footage in which he light-heartedly discusses ‘ways around’ the rules. Benton and the fake ‘investors’ then break into laughter, before he adds that he ‘thinks’ the threshold is £300.While not included in the video shared online, The Times also claims he told his reporters: ‘I probably shouldn’t say this, but essentially all MPs are looking for is an email chain saying this is how much a ticket cost, so if we get caught out it’s like, well the company told me it cost this much.
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