FILE PHOTO: Owen Paterson arrives on Downing Street in London February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo
November 4, 2021
LONDON (Reuters) – The British lawmaker Owen Paterson, who was found guilty of breaking paid lobbying rules, has decided to resign from parliament, the BBC reported on Thursday.
“I maintain that I am totally innocent of what I have been accused of and I acted at all times in the interests of public health and safety,” he said according to the BBC.
(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, editing by Michael Holden)
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