Many say they disagree with time limits on outside work as Labour leader accuses PM of breaking promise

At least 20 Conservative MPs lobbied a committee investigating new rules on second jobs and their behaviour in the Commons chamber, with many saying they strongly disagreed with time limits on outside work.

The revelation came as the Guardian revealed ministers have argued to ditch plans to cap MPs’ earnings from second jobs, months after Boris Johnson himself suggested the curbs amid a sleaze scandal which provoked widespread Tory rebellion.

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