Tory MP faces suspension for leaking report to ‘predatory’ payday loans firm Wonga

‘A Tory MP faces suspension after sending a draft parliamentary report to a payday loan company which has been condemned as “usurious” by religious leaders.
The Standards and Privileges Committee recommended Justin Tomlinson, Conservative MP for North Swindon, be suspended for two days after he was found to have “committed a contempt.”
Tomlinson was also told to make an apology to the House, which he did shortly after the committee’s report was published on Thursday.
MPs will vote on the suspension when they return from the conference recess in October.’
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