Plan to rein in MPs’ second jobs is ‘for the birds’, says Labour MP

Chris Bryant, chair of standards committee, says proposals are ‘not very well thought through’

No 10’s plan for tackling MPs’ second jobs has been dismissed as “for the birds” and “not very well thought through” by the head of a cross-party committee looking into the issue.

Chris Bryant, the Labour chair of the standards committee, challenged the deputy prime minister Dominic Raab’s suggestion that there should be a limit on the amount of hours or money an MP makes.

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