Sentences with phrase «resigned over conflicts of interest»

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The chief of staff, Alastair Furnival, resigned on Friday after being embroiled in allegations of conflict of interest over links with a firm lobbying for the junk food industry.

Hours after this article was published, chief inspector of probation Paul McDowell resigned over a perceived conflict of interest between his role and that of his wife, who managed probation contracts at Sodexo.

It has been argued that, following a series of high - profile political scandals over the Code (David Blunkett resigned for a second time over a conflict of interest; and Tessa Jowell's husband was implicated — separately — in a furore over his financial dealings), that it should be administered by a more impartial figure than the Prime Minister.