MP FACES CASH FOR ACCESS ROW

Lib Dem’s £2000 donation from lobbyists

- EXCLUSIVE BY HANNAH RODGER

A SCOTTISH MP is being urged to explain why she accepted a cash donation from a political lobbyist.

Lib Dem Susan Murray received a £2000 donation from MFGC Holdings Ltd just three weeks after her election.

The firm is owned by Mark Cummings - an ex-East Dunbartonshire Tory party chairman - who now runs one of Scotland's most prolific lobbying firms, Invicta Public Affairs.

Invicta advocates for clients including supermarket giant Lidl, Graeme Souness's firm Orchard Brae and housebuilders Miller Homes.

Anti-corruption group Transparency International has demanded the rules be tightened.