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A Labour source tells me that, if MPs do vote in favour of the motion the party is tabling for Wednesday to ban MPs having paid directorships and consultancies, its understanding is that this would be binding.

This places Boris Johnson in an exquisite dilemma. The government has the numbers to vote down the motion banning MPs from having paid directorships and consultancies, but this would look like a vote to defend sleaze (even though both parties happily accepted the current rules as appropriate for much of the past quarter century).

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