Certain second jobs give MPs ‘real-world’ experience, says free market group

Responding to the Prime Minister’s proposed ban on MPs acting as paid political consultants or lobbyists, John O’Connell, chief executive of free market campaign group the TaxPayers’ Alliance has said:

“These rules rightly allow MPs to retain real world experience over plum political jobs.

“But it still leaves other parliamentarians deciding whether they are adequately carrying out their duties.

“These changes must come alongside a proper right to recall, which lets local voters have the final say.”