A Tory MP and landlord making a fortune from housing benefit payments to the poor has called for changes to the Freedom of Information laws used by the Mirror to expose him .
Richard Benyon, the richest MP in a Commons packed with millionaires, wants the rules altered to prevent stories which might embarrass politicians being dug up by journalists.
He made nearly £120,000 in housing benefit from just one council last year through his inherited £110m family estate, we revealed last week.
But Mr Benyon has now called for changes to FOI laws stating “we need to make sure that the Act is there for what it is designed to do” rather than “raking up political ammunition” .... http://www.mirror.co.uk
