Tory minister defends environment secretary over £70,000 of SECRET shares
Theresa Villiers admitted her shareholding in the oil and gas company via her latest update to the register of members’ financial interests.
Theresa Villiers admitted her shareholding in the oil and gas company via her latest update to the register of members’ financial interests.
'There is a concerning correlation between people who receive peerages and those who donate to political parties'
A spokesman for Theresa Villiers said she takes ‘full responsibility for the mistake’.
“I think most of us were just conned. Conned into thinking we could have a better future. We were promised the earth.”
"It's beyond broken now... in plain sight", Carol Vorderman said.
Zac Goldsmith quit as environment minister in June with a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak.
The former prime minister is set to hand out one gong for every four days she was in No 10 in her highly controversial honours list.
Former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries said she was quitting with immediate effect in June but has yet to formally resign.
Sir Chris Bryant said the move has basis in a parliamentary rule from 1801 stating that "no member do presume to go out of town without leave of this House".
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