A Conservative MP has been suspended by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after being caught on video allegedly offering to lobby on gambling issues in exchange for money.
The Times newspaper filmed Scott Benton, the lawmaker for Blackpool South, appearing to suggest he could ask questions in Parliament, leak a market-sensitive document and lobby government ministers on behalf of gambling industry investors.
MPs are prohibited from acting as paid lobbyists or parliamentary advisers. Benton has referred himself to Parliament's commissioner for standards and has had the Conservative Party Whip suspended while an investigation takes place.