Geoffrey Cox,who defended a Sun journalist earlier this year, refers himself to standards commissioner after breaking time limits for reporting incomeA Conservative MP who spent the first three months of this year working as a barrister in a high-profile trial of a Sun journalist, and earned more than £800000 from his moment job in the past two years.
Backbencher Geoffrey Cox QC has apologised and referred himself to the standards commissioner after breaking time limits on reporting earnings from hundreds of hours of legal work. The additional earnings are on top of his basic MP’s salary of £67000. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com