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Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Labour's backing calls for police to look into events surrounding the Owen Paterson scandal

Conservatives voted against suspending the former minister - after he was been found to have broken rules on paid lobbying by MPs.

He's since resigned.

The SNP now wants the Metropolitan force to investigate Tory appointments to the House of Lords.

The Conservatives insist donations and nominations to sit in the House of Lords are not linked.

But Shadow Communities secretary and Croydon North MP Steve Reed says they should be looked at: