Plan to rein in MPs’ second jobs is ‘for the birds’, says Labour MP

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Chris Bryant, chair of standards committee, says proposals are ‘not very well thought through’

No 10’s plan for tackling MPs’ second jobs has been dismissed as “for the birds” and “not very well thought through” by the head of a cross-party committee looking into the issue.

 

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