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The 2010 cash for influence scandal was a political scandal in the United Kingdom. It was brought to public and widespread media attention by a March 2010 documentary by Dispatches in which a journalistic sting operation recorded and revealed members of parliament and the lords offering to work for a fictitious political lobbying firm for fees of £3,000 to £5,000 per day.[1][2][3]
As a result of the scandal, Labour MPs Patricia Hewitt, Geoff Hoon, Margaret Moran and Stephen Byers were all suspended from the party. Hoon, Byers and Richard Caborn later also received bans from Parliament.
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- ^ "Ex-ministers in 'cash for influence' row under fire". BBC News. 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.