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Most of Tory team in Lords have second jobs

By Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent

Published: January 30 2009 23:35 | Last updated: January 30 2009 23:35

Two-thirds of David Cameron’s front-bench team in the Lords have paid outside jobs, some of which present a potential conflict of interest with the peers’ official parliamentary roles, analysis by the FT has revealed.

Labour attacked the Tories’ slew of second jobs on Friday as the escalating row over peers’ outside interests increased pressure for re­form of the second chamber.

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