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Sleaze is the accusation against the government, corruption, the claim. a former minister has now quit as an mp after he was found to have lobbied the government more than a dozen times for companies who paid him thousands of pounds. standing down, owen paterson said... the ayes to the right, 250... but downing street had tied to save him. tories last night voted to tear up the rules he broke. loud commotion. but listen to the atmosphere in there. order! what have you done to this place? dozens of conservatives, outraged, stayed away. but number ten had backed the attempt to overhaul the syste...

A british mp from the ruling conservative party — at the centre of a row over lobbying rules — has resigned saying he will remain a public servant, outside the cruel world of politics. 0wen paterson's decision came after the government was forced into a major u—turn — following a furious backlash — over proposed changes to the way mps are reprimanded for breaking the rules. laura kuenssberg reports can you take a step back? a different kind of protest. a different kind of attack to green activists busy in westminster today. come down here. sleaze is the accusation against the governm...

Laura kuenssberg reports a different kind of protest. a different kind of attack to green activists busy in westminster today. sleaze is the accusation against the government, corruption, they claim. a former minister has now quit as an mp after he was found to have lobbied the government more than a dozen times for companies who paid him thousands of pounds. standing down, owen paterson said... "my integrity has been repeatedly and publicly questioned. i maintain that i'm totally innocent. my children have asked me to leave politics altogether. for my sake as well as theirs, i agree with them...

Is that he used public money to pay for favourable coverage in several tabloid newspapers. so quite damning accusations there. and also favourable surveys for his political party. there have been protests, about 1,000 people protesting outside their offices on the night the accusations surfaced. i have seen people around vienna wearing stickers with his face on them, making it obvious that they disapprove. i think he is generally quite popular in austria. he has maintained his innocence throughout and he was possibly facing a vote of no confidence on tuesday, which would have dissolved the gov...

Making it obvious that they disapprove. i think he is generally quite popular in austria. he has maintained his innocence throughout and he was possibly facing a vote of no confidence on tuesday, which would have dissolved the government, and he says he has done this for his country and not himself. obviously we are still coming out of the pandemic, the economic recovery has only just begun and we need stability in austria, so that is his reasoning behind standing down, he is doing it for the stability of the country. the czech election has been won by a coalition of three opposition parties, ...