Well that didn’t take long did it? New Chief Secretary to the Treasury has resigned after it was found out that his landlord was his boyfriend, pocketing him £40,000 over 5 years. And of course, he’s a millionaire ex-banker, the boyfriend a political lobbyist.

Showing that the Political Class looks after its own, Laws is described as “an honourable man” who’ll be back in the government as soon as possible.

Put aside the sexuality issue. If you’re on Housing Benefit and in a relationship with your landlord, then you don’t get HB. A millionaire ex-banker in charge of cutting the public sector doesn’t know this, or is it one Laws for him and one for the rest of us?

In fact, someone else has already made this point:

Meanwhile on Friday a Norfolk mother, Sarah Riley, was imprisoned for falsely claiming £10,000 in housing benefit over a period of 7 years after neglecting to inform the authorities that she had started a relationship.