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Conservative MP apologises for breaking financial ethics rules on relationship with PPE company insider@insider.com (Henry Dyer) © Getty Conservative MP and former health minister George Freeman. Getty
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative MP George Freeman has apologised for breaking financial conflict-of-interest rules after he was paid by a company trying to sell PPE to the NHS.
Insider first revealed Freeman failed to properly declare the money in January.
Freeman said there was a genuine misunderstanding on my part.
George Freeman MP broke the ministerial code by failing to seek the advice of the UK s anti-political corruption watchdog before accepting a job with Aerosol Shield, a company founded by a former UK government appointee whom Freeman had worked alongside when he was a minister.
A Tory MP is under new investigation by the UK s anti-corruption watchdog after it rejected his appeal demands insider@insider.com (Henry Dyer) © Getty Conservative MP George Freeman is under investigation for further potential breaches of the ministerial code. Getty
EXCLUSIVE: A Conservative MP and former health minister is under fresh investigation by the UK s anti-corruption watchdog after it rejected his demands for an appeal.
Insider revealed last month that George Freeman broke the ministerial code by failing to seek permission before taking a role with a firm trying to sell protective equipment to the NHS.
In an extraordinary exchange of letters, the watchdog s chairman has revealed that Freeman is under investigation for further potential breaches.