Marr joined the BBC in May 2000.

The questions came as MPs face intensified scrutiny over their roles outside Parliament following a sleaze row prompted by the Government’s botched attempt to protect senior Tory Owen Paterson from suspension over his breach of lobbying rules.

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From the newsletter: Underinvestment will be taken on the chin, but hoodwink the north at your own peril.

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"I’ve watched this back a couple of times and Fiona Bruce gets it wrong at every turn," tweeted Gareth Roberts.

Editor Matt Kelly says he received a call late last night from a Downing Street press officer, who described the allegations as "untrue and defamatory".

44% of British musicians made half their earnings in the EU, but now had to deal with the “mind-boggling complexity” of multiple forms to go on tour.

"Government announce £96 billion HS2 replacement bus service to Leeds," wrote one person on Twitter.