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Blackpool by-election blues for Sunak

RISHI SUNAK is facing new by-election humiliation after yet another Tory MP lost his appeal against sanctions for a sleaze scandal.

Blackpool South’s Scott Benton has been recommended by the Commons standards committee for a 35-day suspension, much more than the 10 days that initiates a recall petition in the constituency.

Mr Benton was caught out offering to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry. 

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