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The Guardian says David Cameron has quit his role at the software company Afiniti after a 23-year-old former employee accused the firm’s multimillionaire founder of sexual assault.

The Guardian says MPs should still be allowed to work about 10 to 15 hours a week in second jobs as long as they are not offering political consultancy, a cabinet minister has said.

The Independent says Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain is not “remotely a corrupt country” amid continuing fallout over the conduct of some MPs.

The Guardian says Geoffrey Cox has earned at least £6m from his second job since he entered parliament and he skipped 12 recent votes on days when he was doing paid legal work.

The Guardian says The UK justice secretary, Dominic Raab, has defended the MP and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox for working for a month in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) during lockdown.

Daily Mirror says The resignation of former Tory minister Owen Paterson has thrown the issue of MPs’ incomes into the spotlight.

The Independent says Priti Patel’s immigration bill risks hampering the prosecution of human traffickers in the UK and making it more difficult for people to escape exploitation, senior police officers have warned.

The Daily Mirror says The SNP called on Scotland Yard to investigate after it emerged that eight of the Tory Party’s last nine main treasurers were offered peerages when each had donated millions to the Conservatives.

The Guardian says MPs could be banned from having consultancy jobs like Owen Paterson’s under plans for a clampdown on sleaze being considered by the Commons.

The Guardian says Keir Starmer says Labour will boycott the commission set up to overhaul the parliamentary sleaze system, after MPs voted to protect the Conservative MP Owen Paterson from suspension over lobbying claims.