Mr Caborn is thought to have told the fake firm, created as part of a sting operation by Channel 4′s Dispatches, that he preferred to work for niche nuclear companies who paid him much more money than big nuclear firms.
The MP for Sheffield Central is a director of Nuclear Management Partners and a consultant to AMEC, a construction firm in the nuclear industry. The former sports minister is also a consultant to the Fitness Industry Association. Both former ministers deny any wrongdoing.
Mr Ingram, the MP for East Kilbride, is understood to have cited work he does for a defence firm in Libya as evidence of his experience in the field of business. He already makes up to £170,000 a year from consultancy work and non-executive directorships while also drawing his MP’s salary of £63,291.
One of his five outside jobs includes providing consultancy services to Argus Libya UK LLP, a firm that explores commercial opportunities in Colonel Gaddafi’s country. Mr Ingram also makes up to £55,000 advising Electronic Data Services Ltd, a Ministry of Defence contractor; about £50,000 from SignPoint Secure Ltd, and up to £25,000 from Argus Scotland Ltd.
Miss Moran, the disgraced Luton MP who was forced to pay back £22,500 in expenses, boasted she could telephone a “girls’ gang” of colleagues to help clients, including Jacqui Smith, the former home secretary, Hazel Blears, the former communities secretary, and Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour party.
Mr Hoon, the former defence secretary, offered to lead delegations to ministers and said he was looking to turn his knowledge and contacts into “something that frankly makes money”, and added he charged £3,000 a day.
Hewitt, a former health secretary, claimed she was paid £3,000 a day to help a client obtain a key seat on a Government advisory group.
A FORMER Labour cabinet minister has boasted about how he used his government contacts to change policies in favour of businesses.
Stephen Byers, former trade and transport secretary, was secretly recorded offering himself “like a sort of cab for hire” for up £5,000 a day. He also suggested bringing Tony Blair to meet clients.
Mr Byers allegedly said he had brokered a secret deal with Lord Adonis, the current transport secretary, on behalf of National Express, which he said was seeking to abandon the loss-making East Coast rail franchise without incurring financial penalties.
According to the investigation Mr Byers said: “We agreed with Andrew (Adonis) … he would be publicly very critical of National Express” as long as terms which favoured the company were agreed.
Mr Byers also claimed clients would benefit from the “trump card” of his friendship with Lord Mandelson, the business secretary.
It is alleged he once telephoned Lord Mandelson to put a stop to “massively bureaucratic” food labelling regulations after he was contacted by Tesco. Tesco has denied the claim.
After the allegations emerged Mr Byers issued a statement saying he had “exaggerated” his claims, and that he had retracted them the day after the meeting in an email.
Lord Adonis and National Express have also denied the accusations. Lord Mandelson said he had “no recollection” of talking to Mr Byers about the issue
