Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is being investigated over £6m loan and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross over outside earnings, Standards Commissioner says

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg and Douglas Ross were added to the list of MPs that are under investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone
  • Labour had demanded Mr Rees-Mogg be investigated over a £6million loan 
  • According to reports, Ross called himself a watchdog for undeclared income. 










Jacob Rees Mogg (Commons Leader) and Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservative leader) are the most recent MPs subject to standards investigations.

Today, both were added to the MPs currently under investigation by Kathryn Stone, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone.

The decision to investigate Mr Rees-Mogg comes after Labour demanded an investigation into a £6 million loan that the party said he did not declare properly.

The Guardian reports that Ross had reported to standards watchdogs over undeclared income.

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Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg

Douglas Ross

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross were today added to the list of MPs that are under investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone

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