Former Tory MP admits flutter on General Election

Former Tory MP Craig Williams has admitted having a flutter on the 2024 General Election using confidential information. Williams, 41, who was former PM Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary and MP for Montgomeryshire, pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling between 2 and 19 May 2024 at Southwark Crown Court today (Mon). Prosecuting for the Gambling Commission, Zoe Johnson, KC, said Williams was an MP and the prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary at the time of the offending, and that using…