Former MP Scott Benton filmed by The Times offering to ask question on behalf of a gambling company for cashA Conservative MP filmed undercover by The Times offering to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry for cash has had a complaint to press regulator IPSO rejected. The Times invented a lobbying company and secretly filmed Scott Benton MP agreeing to submit parliamentary questions and leak an unpublished white paper in exchange for between £2,000 and £4,000 per month. The MP said there was no public interest in the story because it did not expose wrongdoing. Future Of Media USA Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. Read the Benton versus The Times IPSO adjudication in full.
