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Scots Tories accused of 'sleaze' after receiving over £325k from second jobs

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Seven Scottish Tory MSPs have been accused of "sleaze" after pocketing hundreds of thousands of pounds for doing second jobs on top of their parliamentary work.The Tory party has been rocked by a sleaze scandal after former Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson resigned for breaching strict lobbying rules at Westminster.Since his resignation a number of Tory MPs have been found to have made thousands from holding second jobs.

The constant stream of revelations has seen Labour overtake the Tories in the polls for the first time in months. According to the Scottish Government website seven Tories at Holyrood had second jobs excluding being an MP or councillor, rental income and shareholdings.

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