Mirror.co.uk Royal Mail: Call for MPs who bought shares to admit how much money they madeMirror.co.uk… current rules, MPs do not have to declare small shareholdings. But Mr Irranca-Davies has written to Labour MP Kevin Barron, head of the Parliamentary Standards Committee, asking if Royal Mail shares should be a …
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