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Tory leadership contender linked to staff monitoring firm

A CONSERVATIVE MP who wants to replace Theresa May as prime minister earns money from an entrepreneur who sells staff surveillance software, the Morning Star has found.

Sir Graham Brady was chair of the powerful 1922 Committee of back-bench Tory MPs until he stood down on Friday to consider running for Downing Street.

Yesterday the Morning Star revealed that his suitability for the top job was in question after it emerged he received a lavish dinner from tobacco giant Japan Tobacco International.

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