Geoffrey Cox Accused of ‘Taking the Mick’ After Appearing at BVI Inquiry During Commons Sitting

PM Johnson’s sleaze scandal, triggered by a U-turn on reforms to the Parliamentary Standards Committee after a vote to save ex-Tory MP Owen Paterson from being suspended for breaching Commons lobbying rules, was compounded by a row over MPs' second jobs, with claims ex-Attorney General Geoffrey Cox made around £1 million in legal work on the side.