Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps admits to having second job while an MP
Tory chairman Grant Shapps has admitted that he worked as a web marketer under a pseudonym after entering Parliament.
Labour MP calls on Shapps to quit over second job
Labour MP John Mann said Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps should lose his ministerial role following his admission that he took a second job after entering parliament.
Mr Mann said the Tory party chair has "clearly failed" to meet the expected standard of openness and honesty.
"The Government made a big play after the expenses scandal of bringing back integrity to politics and this does the exact opposite," Mr Mann told BBC Radio 4's Today.
"You can't have a government minister who isn't honest and breaches one of those standards.
"That's what the standards are there for. He has breached them and he should go as Minister without Portfolio."
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Grant Shapps admits he had second job while an MP
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said he did work as a web marketer under a pseudonym after entering Parliament.