Calls for pensions minister to be suspended while office expenses reviewed

Calls have been made for the Prime Minister to suspend the whip from a minister while claims he used his taxpayer-funded constituency office to campaign for the Conservative Party are reviewed.

Paul Maynard, the pensions minister, has been referred to an investigator by the Parliamentary expenses watchdog over reports that he charged taxpayers when producing political materials.

The Sunday Times, which broke the story, also reported that the Blackpool North and Cleveleys MP claimed rent for an office that doubles up as his local Tory association’s