A Conservative MP who was paid thousands of pounds a year by an accountancy ‘lobby group’ spoke in Parliament against extensions to the IR35 tax law that the body was pushing to delay.
Ben Everitt, MP for Milton Keynes North, was paid nearly £14,000 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for 60 hours of work between 1 May 2020 and 31 January 2021, according to the register of MPs’ financial interests.
