Anger as 300 MPs won't give out phone number

HOUSE of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been urged to take action over the more than 300 MPs who have refused to provide phone numbers for constituents.

- By Jonathan Walker WHITEHALL EDITOR

Every MP is given a page on the official website to provide contact information. This usually includes a phone number for their Commons office, where they are provided with a taxpayer-funded landline.

But an investigation found 311 of the 650 do not publicly list either a Westminster or constituency number on the Commons site or the personal sites of MPs.

It follows concern about increasing levels of abuse aimed at them and their staff.