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PM must strip Tory MPs of the whip after Led By Donkey's sting operation, Labour demands
Matt Hancock demanded £10,000 a day to work for the fake firm

RISHI SUNAK must remove the whip from Tory MPs who were exposed at the weekend as pitching themselves to fake companies for six-figure sums, Labour has demanded.

In a sting operation set up by campaign group Led By Donkeys, former cabinet ministers Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng set out eye-watering sums for what they would expect to be paid to advise a non-existent firm in South Korea.

MPs are permitted to seek external employment and the ask does not go against parliamentary codes.

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