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Lords watchdog investigating Labour peer who wrote to Treasury on behalf of crypto firm

Inquiry into Iain McNicol is third to be launched after revelations in the Guardian’s Lords debate investigation

The Guardian - UK

Peers working for City firms dominate Lords panel scrutinising financial sector

Committee criticised regulator’s proposals to name and shame companies under investigation

The Guardian - UK

Labour peer wrote to Treasury on behalf of crypto firm he advised

Questions over whether Iain McNicol was within lobbying rules when he wrote to civil servants about company that was paying for his advice

The Guardian - UK

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Tory MPs paid £100,000 of public funds to party’s in-house web designers

Exclusive: Conservatives including Hunt and Truss used Bluetree for websites and claimed costs as expenses

The Guardian - UK

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Carshalton and Wallington?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

Watchdog rejects request to investigate Tory MP over City lobbying complaint

Parliamentary commissioner for standards says there was not sufficient evidence to justify opening investigation into John Baron

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP faces lobbying questions over Treasury committee role

Co-owner of investment management firm called for ‘urgent’ post-Brexit changes to City rules at committee meetings

The Guardian - UK

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Fresh calls for probe into Nadine Dorries’ failure to quit as MP

Standards watchdog urged to act, as second council claims she has ‘abandoned’ constituents

The Independent UK

'Humiliated' youngsters with voter ID stopped from casting ballots in Tory crackdown

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Daily Mirror

Labour criticised for giving global banks access to parliament

Exclusive: HSBC and NatWest staffers seconded to shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds’s team

The Guardian - UK

Local elections marked ‘dark day for British democracy’ as some people unable to vote

It has been compulsory to show photo identification when voting.

The Independent UK

Campaigners raise fears bouncers could be placed at some polling stations

Voters will be required to have photographic IDs such as passports or driving licences when they cast ballots at May’s local elections.

The Independent UK

Watchdog looks into £220,000 public funding for Johnson Partygate defence

Exclusive: Director at NAO, which hasn’t launched a formal inquiry, plans to speak to Cabinet Office about legal costs over former PM’s denials in Commons

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to change law to let public boot out absent MPs like Matt Hancock

Neglected constituents should be able to boot out MPs like Matt Hancock, who has jetted to Australia to take part in I'm A Celebrity, or Boris Johnson who went on holiday to the Caribbean while Parliament was sitting

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Government has no way to know cost of Sue Gray's Partygate probe, officials say

The Cabinet Office says it does not have a system in place to monitor the cash spent by projects funded through their central budget

Daily Mirror

Tory minister accused of trying to 'fool' peers with claims on voter ID crackdown

Lord True defended the move because in Northern Ireland, where photo ID was introduced in 2002, turnout was higher than in other parts of the UK - but turnout levels in NI dropped for more than a decade after the change

The Guardian - UK

The subtle but deadly threat to UK democracy

Letters: The independence of the Electoral Commission must be protected from this government, write Tom Brake, Kyle Taylor, Mark Kieran and Jess Garland

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