MP backed fight against 'awful' WIFI mast - 'but took cash from firm behind it'

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MP backed fight against 'awful' WIFI mast - 'but took cash from firm behind it'
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He is one of 25 MPs who accepted a combined £147,000 🧐

Blackpool MP Scott Benton accepted cash from a Blackburn firm responsible for WIFI masts he told locals he supported them in objecting to.

READ MORE:Blackpool MP Scott Benton in Twitter row after allegedly liking tweet shaming Labour's Angela Rayner Mr Benton insisted his question was not related to the work of IX Wireless, who provide broadband internet connections through fibre and wireless masts. And he said he didn’t have to declare the donation because his constituency association is a “separate entity.”

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