Should there be restrictions on MPs' second jobs?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

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🗓️ 24 February 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Lucy Fisher, Isabel Hardman and David Aaronovitch. Lucy Fisher:Yesterday a new “cash for access” scandal exploded, after MPs Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were caught out offering their influence and political contacts in exchange for money. The revelation looks set to erode further voters’ faith in mainstream politics, which will benefit only Ukip and the Greens at the polls in May. The scandal has also sparked a row about MPs’ second jobs, on which many are now calling for an outright ban.Isabel Hardman:The Church of England is now locked into a face-off with the Conservative party. The Bishops probably didn’t mean to offend the Tories so much with their letter last week, but they did, partly by being so naive about complex issues such as defence and partly by being mealy-mouthed about the recovery. But the Tories also didn’t need to get so upset about what the Bishops wrote - if indeed they read it. It included a defence of markets and of the Big Society:...

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1:06.6	week I'm joined by our political correspondent Lucy Fisher, Isabel Hardman, assistant editor
1:11.8	of the Spectator and and columnist David Aronovich.
1:17.0	On Monday a new cash for access scandal exploded after MPs Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were caught out offering their influence
1:24.2	and contacts in exchange for money.
1:26.4	The revelation looks set to erode further voters' faith in politics and it will benefit only
1:30.9	the likes of UKIP and the Greens at the polls in May.
1:33.6	The scandal has also sparked a row about MP second jobs,
1:37.0	on which many people are now calling for a cap, if not an outright ban.
1:41.0	The Church of England is now locked into a face-off with the Conservative Party.
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