The business secretary was investigated by the solicitors’ watchdog over his claims
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Your support makes all the difference. Jonathan Reynolds has been warned he faces prosecution if he repeats previous false claims that he worked as a solicitor.
The business secretary has been told by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) that he could be prosecuted if he claims again to have been a solicitor, despite never qualifying.
It came after the watchdog closed an investigation into the false claims made by Mr Reynolds, deciding it “did not consider it proportionate or in the public...
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