Tory chair of health committee being investigated over NHS lobbying claims

MP Steve Brine accused of lobbying NHS and ministers on behalf of recruitment firm that employed him

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The Conservative MP who chairs the Commons health and social care committee is under investigation over allegations he lobbied the NHS and ministers on behalf of a recruitment firm that employed him.

Steve Brine, a former health minister, was put under investigation by parliament’s standards commissioner over “paid advocacy and declaration of an interest”.