July 12, 2023 9.00 am This story is over 11 months old

MP criticises “immaterial” reporting of shares in publicly listed companies

Shares in three publicly listed companies fell below threshold for parliament’s transparency rules
Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh outside Festival Hall in Market Rasen. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
By Local Democracy Reporter

After details of ‘secret’ shares in publicly listed companies were published in a national newspaper, a Lincolnshire MP named in the story has called it “immaterial”.

The Guardian published a story on Sunday, July 9 which looked into the shares Members of Parliament have in publicly listed companies – with two Lincolnshire MPs being listed in the article.

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