MP James McMardock has said that he would not return to the UK, when he asked the party to be suspended, he was suspended after questions about the loan under a Kovid Support Scheme.
Claims, Published in the weekend by Sunday Times, The loan -related McMurdock took an amount of £ 70,000 through two companies, and what firm were eligible.
Responding to the investigation, the Essex MP said that all his professional behavior was in line with the rules, but said that he had asked the parliamentary party to be suspended as “precautionary measures”.
On Tuesday, he said that after taking “expert legal advice”, he decided to continue my parliamentary career as an independent MP “.
In a post on social mediaMcMardock said that he would allow “100% focus on the interests of my components”.
He won the seats of South Basildon and East Thurrowrock in the July 2024 general election, defeating Labor by only 98 votes.
His decision means that he is the second of the five reform MPs selected in last year’s election to leave the party.
In March, Rupert Lowe was suspended And now sits as an independent MP.
The party’s by -election victory in May, in which Sara Pocin chose to represent Runcorn and Halesby, means that there are now four reform MPs.
The Sunday Times alleged that McMurdock borrowed tens of thousand pounds under the government’s bounce back loan scheme, designed to help the struggling businesses during the Kovid -19 epidemic.
The newspaper stated that the loans were worth £ 70,000 for total and were implemented through two companies – Jam Financial Limited and Jim Live Health and Fitness Limited.
The company’s records suggest that the jam was an employee of Financial Limited and was less than £ 5,000 in the property before the epidemic, and the gym Live Health and Fitness Limited was inactive until 31 January 2020.
Sunday Times claimed that Jam Financial Limited took a maximum loan of £ 50,000, a level of loan that required a business of at least £ 200,000.
Jim Live Health and Fitness Limited has been accused of taking a loan of £ 20,000, which will require a turnover of £ 80,000.
In the weekend statement, McMardock said that his business behavior was evaluated by “appropriately qualified professionals” and “complete compliance”.
