‘Cash for access’ scandal: What impact will Miliband’s proposals have on MPs and the public?
New blog post by Dr Ben Worthy
Jack Straw and Malcolm Rifkind, two senior MPs were snared in a sting by the Telegraph in which they appeared to offer access for cash. The Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband has responded by calling for stringent new limits on MPs extra earnings and work. In this article, Ben Worthy investigates the practicalities of Miliband’s proposals and asks whether they will increase trust in MPs among the public.
You can read the article here - http://blogs.bbk.ac.uk/bbkcomments/2015/02/25/cash-for-access-scandal-what-impact-will-milibands-proposals-have-on-mps-and-the-public/
This article was contributed by Dr Ben Worthy, a lecturer in Birkbeck’s Department of Politics. It was originally published on the LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog.