{"id":90014,"date":"2013-06-03T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=90014"},"modified":"2013-06-03T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:47:12","slug":"cash-for-access-scandal-hits-uk-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cash-for-access-scandal-hits-uk-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cash For Access&#8217; Scandal Hits UK Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three peers were suspended from their parties on Sunday after media sting operations caught them apparently offering to use their influence for personal gain, the\u00a0Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>The undercover investigations have thrust the issue of lobbying into the limelight and had already forced an MP, Patrick Mercer, to resign from the ruling Conservative Party and seek legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>Read <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/06\/02\/uk-britain-politics-scandal-idUKBRE95105S20130602\">more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cash-for-access-scandal-hits-uk-parliament\/workmen-move-the-seats-in-the-house-of-lords-before-the-state-opening-of-parliament-at-the-palace-of-westminster-in-london\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-90015\" title=\"Workmen move the seats in the House of Lords before the State Opening of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster, in London\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/download-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/download-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/download-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":90015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Cash For Access&#039; 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