Malcolm Rifkind resigns over 'cash for access'

Senior Conservative gives up job chairing Parliament's security committee and will stand down as MP

Malcolm Rifkind
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Tory MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind has resigned as chairman of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) and said he will not seek re-election as an MP at the general election over his alleged involvement in the latest "cash for access" scandal.

He and Labour MP Jack Straw were filmed offering their services to a fake Chinese company for up to £5,000 a day in an undercover investigation by the Daily Telegraph and Channel 4's Dispatches.

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