Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg is using his pious image to con us | David Mitchell
The MP’s posh, privileged persona has been a good cover for an untrustworthy, self-serving character
David Mitchell
05, Dec, 2021 @10:00 AM
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces Commons inquiry over undeclared £6m loans
Standards commissioner launches investigation after complaint from Labour against Tory frontbencher
Peter Walker Political correspondent
01, Dec, 2021 @12:00 PM
Lloyd George defined ‘profiteer’ more than a century ago. It may be time to revisit it | Tim Adams
The scandal of PPE procurement is surely reason enough for the term to be debated in parliament
Tim Adams
20, Nov, 2021 @5:00 PM
Paterson’s fair-weather friends keep well away from the standards debate | John Crace
Boris Johnson was among the Tory MPs who gave up defending the indefensible and absented themselves from the Commons
John Crace
16, Nov, 2021 @6:57 PM
Boris Johnson backs ban on MPs working as paid consultants – as it happened
Latest updates: government is supporting a ban on paid consultancy after MPs approve report saying Paterson broke lobbying rules
Andrew Sparrow
16, Nov, 2021 @6:09 PM
Tory U-turn complete as MPs approve Owen Paterson report
Rees-Mogg says trying to spare fellow MP from suspension was a ‘serious mistake’
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
16, Nov, 2021 @3:52 PM
Labour calls for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s £6m in loans to be investigated
Leader of Commons did not report to official register that he was able to borrow cheaply from his firm
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
14, Nov, 2021 @4:00 PM
At least a quarter of Tory MPs have second jobs, earning over £4m a year
More than 90 Tory members do paid work on the side compared with very few Labour politicians, finds analysis
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
09, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Starmer rips into Tory standards – but Bertie Booster’s out of town | John Crace
It wasn’t clear why the PM was missing for the three-hour debate as Steve Barclay listened. Intently
John Crace
08, Nov, 2021 @9:11 PM
Bonfire Night in Lewes: nothing prepared me for Matt Hancock and his naked companion | Zoe Williams
The Sussex town certainly knows how to throw a party – and this year the Tories were the guests of honour, albeit in papier-mache form, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams
08, Nov, 2021 @3:52 PM
Tory backlash after minister calls Owen Paterson row a ‘storm in a teacup’
Environment secretary angers MPs already furious at being forced to vote to save former minister from suspension
Andrew Sparrow Political correspondent
07, Nov, 2021 @4:07 PM
Return of the sleazy party: the Conservatives and the Owen Paterson affair
As No 10 ham-fistedly let the scandal spread, was this about saving an old Brexit ally or protecting the PM himself?
Toby Helm, Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Michael Savage and Tom Wall
07, Nov, 2021 @7:00 AM
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