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UK Parliament watchdog probes funding of PM Boris Johnson's Caribbean 2019 holiday Johnson's official spokesperson said on Monday that the UK Prime Minister "transparently declared the benefit in kind in the Commons register of interests" and followed the rules "throughout". Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI LONDON: The UK's parliamentary watchdog is investigating the funding of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's holiday to the Caribbean island of Mustique in 2019 which was declared as a benefit in kind last year, it emerged on Monday. Kathryn Stone, the Parliamentary Commissioner for...

URL copied to clipboard A Conservative MP is set to be paid £125 an hour by a timber company that he lobbied government ministers and Britain’s high commissioner in Ghana to help, sparking calls from transparency campaigners for an investigation. Andrew Bridgen, a leading member of the European Research Group of pro-Brexit MPs, is to receive £12,000 a year for working just eight hours a month for Mere Plantations, a company that owns a reported £500million worth of teak forest in Ghana. The MP has been declared as a director of the company since May, according to Parliament’s Regis...

Civic Centre .Stock views of Trowbridge ..Photo www.gphillipsphotography.com GP1171. CHANGES made to the standing orders of Trowbridge Town Council following a row about photographing, filming and editing of council meetings could result in a new code of conduct. The change follows incidents in which council meetings have been uploaded to social media and websites in a way which could be misinterpreted. Council leader, Stewart Palmen, said at the last full town council meeting he also intends to review the council’s code of conduct following recent breaches by some councillors. At ...

Civic Centre .Stock views of Trowbridge ..Photo www.gphillipsphotography.com GP1171. CHANGES made to the standing orders of Trowbridge Town Council following a row about photographing, filming and editing of council meetings could result in a new code of conduct. The change follows incidents in which council meetings have been uploaded to social media and websites in a way which could be misinterpreted. Council leader, Stewart Palmen, said at the last full town council meeting he also intends to review the council’s code of conduct following recent breaches by some councillors. At ...