WESTMINSTER ROCKED BY YET ANOTHER SCANDAL

WESTMINSTER ROCKED BY YET ANOTHER SCANDAL

CASH FOR ACCESS SCANDAL HITS LABOUR - AGAIN

SENIOR MPS OUT FOR ALL THEY CAN GET



The SNP MP who uncovered the cash for honours scandal in the Lords has hit
out after it was revealed that senior Labour MPs had been pursuing
lucrative
opportunities with lobbying firms by promising access to Labour Ministers
whilst still members of parliament.

In an undercover investigation, Channel Four's Dispatches programme and
the Sunday Times revealed that over the past few weeks several MPs,
including three former Labour cabinet ministers — Stephen Byers, Patricia
Hewitt and Geoff Hoon — offered themselves for lobbying work at rates of
thousands of pounds a day.

Commenting, Angus MacNeil, the SNP MP who uncovered the cash for honour
scandal said:

"At the forthcoming election, voters across Scotland will have a straight
choice between SNP candidates who will champion local causes and Labour
politicians who are out for what they can get.

"The Westminster Parliament has been left totally discredited - from cash
for honours, to the expenses scandal and now cash for access Labour, have
presided over the deep decline in standards that has left voters
disenfranchised and disheartened with politics.

"If the people want to regain control of parliament at this election, it
is essential they don't just elect another Labour or Tory politician but
vote for a local champion.

"MPs selling access on their way out of the door encapsulates the
disgraceful attitude of the metropolitican parties toward the people they
represent

"For decades Labour MPs have been serving themselves instead of serving
the people. MPs should be putting their constituents first - not their own
business interests."