This includes a £72,5000 loan which he used to buy a house – the debt was forgiven 13 years later. Mr Lavery, who was the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 2002-2010, became the MP for Wansbeck in…

This includes a £72,5000 loan which he used to buy a house – the debt was forgiven 13 years later. Mr Lavery, who was the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 2002-2010, became the MP for Wansbeck in…