George Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk, has been accused of breaching ministerial code
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A Norfolk MP accused of breaching ministerial code by working for a PPE firm has slammed the anti-corruption watchdog for what he calls misrepresentation .
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Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman has been accused of breaking ministerial code by working for a PPE firm
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The MP for Mid Norfolk worked for Aerosol Shield last summer, earning him £5,000 for 27 hours of technology consulting .
At the time, the company was developing PPE for frontline health workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The UK government s anti-corruption watchdog has found that a former minister in Boris Johnson and David Cameron s governments broke the ministerial code by failing to declare his position with a PPE firm founded by a former government appointee.
George Freeman MP, who was a former Health Minister, failed to register with the watchdog before accepting work with a company seeking to sell protective equipment to the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company was founded by a former appointee of a government agency overseen by Freeman when he was a Health Minister.