Minister 'may have breached' rules over second job

Labour wants inquiry into why Johnny Mercer did not resign from role at training firm. Johnny Mercer, the defence minister, has been accused of a potential breach of the ministerial code by failing to step down from a second job, worth £85,000 a year, while in government. Labour has asked Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, to investigate why the minister for military personnel and veterans maintained a paid directorship in Crucial Academy Ltd, which retrains former military personnel